Advising Mrs. Harris was the least I could do," David said smoothly. "After all, she was the one who brought me and my late wife together.

No disease is more dangerous than a bad husband, for if a woman catches that Pox, she'll languish from it her entire life.

You can never know too much about writing. If you think you know everything, you're not leaving yourself open to learn. . . . The best writers are always learning, exploring, and trying to improve.

It is better to be blind than to see things from only one point of view.

I can promise that even having an imperfect one who loves you is better than having none at all.

Terence: As my old da used to tell me, 'never trust a rich man'. David: Good thing I'm only moderately rich. Terence: Which is why I only moderately distrust you.

A teacher had once told them that men were either beasts, gentlemen, or beasts masquerading as gentlemen. Might there be a fourth category — gentlemen masquerading as beasts?

You got off on the wrong foot. I merely watched you shove it into your mouth.

A man is what he is and no fancy lodgings or fine clothes will change that (Daniel Brennan)

It's not your instincts that are the problem. It's your tendency to drown them in a bottle.

Don’t be silly. Loving is easy. It’s finding someone to love you back that’s hard.

Success dwells in a neighbourhood that can only be explored through failure, and it is through perfect knowledge of that neighbourhood that we gain perfect knowledge of her address

Duration is not a test of truth or falsehood.

Thus, flexibility, as displayed by water, is a sign of life. Rigidity, its opposite, is an indicator of death.

I had a turnover and three missed shots down the stretch. I just have to make sure I calm my nerves.

We're born alone and we die alone. So in between, let's spend time with people that make us feel good... or at least put-out.

We learn from history that we do not learn from history

Don't fall in love with someone you can live with, fall in love with someone you can't live without.

I haven't yelled at anybody today. It's been a slow day.

If you feel like you can't actually do the right thing and you're headed off into the field of justice, maybe there's no point in going into it.

Education is the ability to perceive the hidden connections between phenomena.