Cottages have them (falsehood and dissimulation) as well as courts, only with worse manners.

As fathers commonly go, it is seldom a misfortune to be fatherless; and considering the general run of sons, as seldom a misfortune to be childless.

The mere brute pleasure of reading - the sort of pleasure a cow must have in grazing.

If we do not plant knowledge when young, it will give us no shade when we are old.

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

Being pretty on the inside means you don't hit your brother and you eat all your peas - that's what my grandma taught me.

Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.

Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.

You must look into people, as well as at them.

A man's own good breeding is the best security against other people's ill manners.

Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no laziness, no procrastination: never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

If we believe in the Blessed Saviour, we shall be saved.

Back from where? you're not going out again and leaving me here are you?? Holy Hercules I sound like somebody's wife

You ought to pray and read the Bible concurrently. You cannot pray effectively without reading the Bible and the vice versa.

To perceive Christmas through its wrappings becomes more difficult with every year.

It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide on what to do.

Balance sheets bore me. I suspect if figures had excited me I would have gone into the city and now be a lot wealthier.

We all come from dysfunctional families and these days I guess that's pretty normal.

The only reason to do business is to make money; that's the only reason for doing business.

The thing about art for me is that you can go on theorising your work forever, because it's open to interpretation.

I pride myself on being fairly polite on a set so it's kind of a guilty pleasure to poke others on the set.