Farewell, farewell to thee, Araby's daughter! Thus warbled a Peri beneath the dark sea.

Cards are war, in disguise of a sport.

All, all are gone, the old familiar faces.

The greatest pleasure I know, is to do a good action by stealth, and to have it found out by accident.

Here cometh April again, and as far as I can see the world hath more fools in it than ever.

I always arrive late at the office, but I make up for it by leaving early.

How some they have died, and some they have left me, And some are taken from me; all are departed; All, all are gone, the old familiar faces.

I have had playmates, I have had companions; In my days of childhood, in my joyful school days - All, all are gone, the old familiar faces.

A poor relation—is the most irrelevant thing in nature.

How convalescence shrinks a man back to his pristine stature! where is now the space, which he occupied so lately, in his own, in the family's eye?

For God's sake (I never was more serious) don't make me ridiculous any more by terming me gentle-hearted in print.

Life is a test. A test of Character and Strength, experience is our study guide... so remember what you learn and more importantly-apply it.

Your life today is, for the most part, a manifestation of the stories you told yourself in the past.

The blessing of resistance lies in its power to illuminate those aspects of ourselves which have eluded our appreciation.

Death is the only serious preoccupation in life.

Talent is always more interesting - ambition is not interesting. If you have talent, you have to find ways of expressing it, but you may not be a success in the world's terms.

The unimaginable always becomes the unforgettable.

Music teachers can either inspire or make you resent your instrument and parents in early years.

Consider yourself lucky for having met him, for he's the kind of man who'll prove you right.

They have hyped up HIV into this super-rapist but in reality the damn thing can hardly get an erection.

Science began to be powerful when it began to be cumulative, when observers began to preserve detailed records, to organize cooperating groups in order to pool and criticize their experiences.