... the fallibility of human brains is in nothing more obvious than in proof reading.

It is never too late to be what you might have been.

Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms.

Don't judge a book by its cover

A man's a man. But when you see a king, you see the work of many thousand men.

Only in the agony of parting do we look into the depths of love.

The beginning of compunction is the beginning of a new life.

The rich ate and drank freely, accepting gout and apoplexy as things that ran mysteriously in respectable families.

Plainness has its peculiar temptations and vices quite as much as beauty.

What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

Don't you meddle with me, and I won't meddle with you.

I think we seldom regret the risks we take as much as the times we did not try at all.

If wed known we were going to be The Beatles wed have tried harder.

The most powerful sign is that your work no longer enchants you - it's not deep, delightful, and mutually satisfying. When this happens, it may be time to look for new challenges.

Remember the hours after Sept. 11 when we came together as one...It was the worst day we have ever seen, but it brought out the best in all of us.

The truth, it seems, is not just what you find when you open a door: it is itself a door, which the poet is always on the verge of going through.

There are billions of people in the world, and every one of them is special. No one else in the world is like you.

In general, comedians are attracted to vice.

Ever since I was a little boy, I dreamed I would do something important in aviation.

How many chapters have been written about love verses - and how many more might be written! - might, would, could, should, or ought to be written! - I will venture to say, will be written!

The only wat to get better at writing is to write. And read.