If you are not in fashion, you are nobody.

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.

You want weapons? We´re in a library! Books! The best weapons in the world! This room´s the greatest arsenal we could have.

Most of the people goes mad over politics which benefits just few people

Goodness works in mysterious ways. Even in the deepest dark, you’ll find a light to shine your way through.

What made me want to play guitar was that painting of Wings in concert in the gatefold of Wings Over America. It looked so exciting... I wanted to be part of it.

Scientists have theorized that when Earth comes to its final days, the only life left on the planet would be in the form of microbes.

There are people who live inside their heads and their intellects. It's something one is born with and stuck with. It's not something you make a decision about.

With the people, especially a people seized of property, resides the aggregate of original power.

Acting has been gentrified. It's become part of the bourgeoisie. But there was a time when it would be a great scandal if you announced you were going to be an actor.

Choose the company of your superiors whenever you can have it.

Choose a friend as thou dost a wife, till death separate you.