I lack what the English call character, by which they mean the power to refrain.

Sometimes there is no next time, no time-outs, no second chances. Sometimes it’s now or never.

Life is rather like a tin of sardines - we're all of us looking for the key.

All knowledge is precious whether or not it serves the slightest human use.

History is a commentary on the various and continuing incapabilities of men. What is history? History is women following behind with the bucket.

A bookshelf is as particular to its owner as are his or her clothes; a personality is stamped on a library just as a shoe is shaped by the foot.

If you think squash is a competitive activity, try flower arranging.

The majority of people perform well in a crisis and when the spotlight is on them; it's on the Sunday afternoons of this life, when nobody is looking, that the spirit falters.

Mark my words, when a society has to resort to the lavatory for its humour, the writing is on the wall.

I saw someone peeing in Jermym Street the other day. I thought, is this the end of civilization as we know it? Or is it simply someone peeing in Jermyn Street?

Above literature?' said the Queen. 'Who is above literature? You might as well say one was above humanity.

One shouldn't envy another person's Destiny!As the fate written for everyone is not the same but surely a good one.

I thought of him as a beautiful deer in the forest that made this world a better place simply by existing

Work keeps us occupied. Faith keeps us fortified. Hope keeps us gratified. Love keeps us satisfied.

I'm not a princess but Ryan is a knight, he just belongs to someone else.

But as bad as I am, I'm proud of the fact that I'm worse than I seem

Women of forty always fancy they have found the Fountain of Youth, and that they remain young in the midst of the ruins of their day.

There's always another right answer.

The consideration that human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected will always continue to prompt me to promote the former by inculcating the practice of the latter.

Not to create confusion in what is clear, but to throw light on what is obscure.

Be the best of whatever you are.