It is, admittedly, a base foodstuff, but lobster, well prepared, can nevertheless be made to satisfy the distinguished gourmand.

A knight can fight. As you well know, I fight about as well as a pillow.""That's an insult to pillows. At least they can take a beating.

When you have a chance to forgive, think of all you'll gain and forget all you've lost.

I love to have no plans. It is amazing where your day can turn when you have no plans: meeting people or just going to a little pub on the side of the road.

Virtue is the health, true state, natural complexion of the Soul.

The human mind is never better disposed to gratitude and attachment than when softened by fear.

Chastity is the ermine of woman's soul.

Women do act their part when they do make their ordered houses know them.

There is something about yourself that you don't know.

I think that maybe in every company today there is always at least one person who is going crazy slowly.

...whoever you are, not matter how lonely the world offers itself to your imagination, calls to you like the wild geese, harsh & exciting - over & over announcing your place in the family of things.

Never invest in a business you don't understand.