He never wants anything but what's right and fair; only when you come to settle what's right and fair, it's everything that he wants and nothing that you want. And that's his idea of a compromise.

Blessed are they who have the gift of making friends,for it is one of God's best gifts.

Be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.

Old timidity has disappeared, and is replaced by silent, quaint fun, with which his face twinkles all over, as he listens.

Remember there's always a voice saying the right thing to you somewhere if you'll only listen for it.

I want to leave behind me the name of a fellow who never bullied a little boy, or turned his back on a big one.

Life isn't all beer and skittles.

Gambling makes boys selfish and cruel as well as men.

He who has conquered his own coward spirit has conquered the whole outward world.

Heaven, they say, protects children, sailors, and drunken men; and whatever answers to Heaven in the academical system protects freshmen.

Blessed are they who have the gift of making friends, for it is one of God's best gifts.

Life was good, one had only to live it.

The hearts that never lean must fall.

I was in Moldova airport and I went into the duty-free shop - and there wasn't a duty-free shop.

In a novel, the author gives the leading character intelligence and distinction. Fate goes to less trouble: mediocrities play a part in great events simply from happening to be there.

I'm an extremist, I have to deal with my own extreme personality, and I walk the fine line of wanting to die and wanting to be the ruler of it all.

Though I am not imperial, and though Elizabeth may not deserve it, the Queen of England will easily deserve to have an emperor's son to marry.

All praise to the masters indeed, but we too could produce a Kant or a Hugo.

I've always noticed a difference between working with a director and working with a writer/director. In how much they're invested and how specific they are.

Great teams work harder after a tough loss.

I am one of the last of a small tribe of troubadours, who still believe that life is a beautiful and exciting journey with a purpose and grace which are well worth singing about.