I, who have no sisters or brothers, look with some degree of innocent envy on those who may be said to be born to friends.

No, Sir, claret is the liquor for boys; port for men: but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy. In the first place brandy will do soonest for a man what drinking can do for him.

It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time.

I have discovered that we may be in some degree whatever character we choose. Besides, practice forms a man to anything.

My father had declared a predilection for heirs general, that is, males and females indiscriminately.... I, on the other hand, had a zealous partiality for heirs male, however remote.

When a man is familiar with many people he must expect many disagreeable familiarizations.

Quotation is more universal and more ancient than one would perhaps believe.

The pleasure of gratifying whim is very great. It is known only by those who are whimsical.

Melancholy cannot be clearly proved to others, so it is better to be silent about it.

It is not every man who can be exquisitely miserable, any more than exquisitely happy.

A page of my journal is like a cake of portable soup. A little may be diffused into a considerable portion.

It may not be an easy thing to live in sweet fellowship with all those with whom we come in contact

And remember, silence is all it takes to validate evil and remember, indifference is all it takes to endorse it.

Responsibility was our cruel mooring....

I took a deep breath and slowly blew it out. He won't hurt me, I silently reminded myself. 'Never, ' Archer said, shaking his head. 'I'll never hurt you again, Skye.

I'm on top of the world, man. And I intend to stay there.

In history, a great volume is unrolled for our instruction, drawing the materials of future wisdom from the past errors and infirmities of mankind.

With the advance of refrigeration, I hope that along with the frozen foods someday we will have frozen conversation. A person will be able to keep a frozen promise indefinitely.

I took the right sow by the ear.

It actually has transcended my career at the Geographic, so that when my career there ended, I had momentum as a teacher, and a belief in photographic education at the workshop level.

I don't think any actors love taking their clothes off on film, unless you're an exhibitionist, which I'm certainly not.