Americans do seem to say things which make the English notice England.

The family - that dear octopus from whose tentacles we never quite escape, nor, in our inmost hearts, ever quite wish to.

I have found that sitting in a place where you have never sat before can be inspiring.

Noble deeds and hot baths are the best cures for depression.

Time takes the ugliness and horror out of death and turns it into beauty.

What is it about the English countryside — why is the beauty so much more than visual? Why does it touch one so?

Contemplation seems to be about the only luxury that costs nothing.

It's a beautiful sight to see good dancers doing simple steps. It's a painful sight to see beginners doing complicated patterns.

Ham with mustard is a meal of glory

Like many other much-loved humans, they believed that they owned their dogs, instead of realizing that their dogs owned them.

I suppose the best kind of spring morning is the best weather God has to offer.

They deem him their worst enemy who tells them the truth. -Plato, philosopher (427-347 BCE)

To fight discouragement, remind yourself of the basics: I can write.I have the opportunity to do so. I love what I write. Now smile and be thankful.

Many people read History books but it takes just a few people to LEAD the cause that will shape the course of HISTORY.

Don't give up. Don't lose hope. Don't sell out.

I can be a goofball sometimes. I love having a good time and being carefree.

True education is a kind of never ending story — a matter of continual beginnings, of habitual fresh starts, of persistent newness.

A neurosis is wherever we are allied against our true nature.

In youth one has tears without grief; in age, griefs without tears

One must obey the man whom the city sets up in power in small things and in justice and in its opposite.

Talking about your troubles is no good. Eighty percent of your friends don't care and the rest are glad.