It is often the easiest move that completes the game. Fortune is like the lady whom a lover carried off from all his rivals by putting an additional lace upon his liveries.

How many of us have been attracted to reason; first learned to think, to draw conclusions, to extract a moral from the follies of life, by some dazzling aphorism.

The conscience is the most flexible material in the world. Today you cannot stretch it over a mole hill; while tomorrow it can hide a mountain.

He who writes prose builds his temple to Fame in rubble; he who writes verses builds it in granite.

Genius is but fine observation strengthened by fixity of purpose.

Men are valued, not for what they are, but for what they seem to be.

A fresh mind keeps the body fresh. Take in the ideas of the day, drain off those of yesterday.

A good cigar is as great a comfort to a man as a good cry to a woman.

Punctuality is the stern virtue of men of business, and the graceful courtesy of princes.

Love has no thought of self! Love buys not with the ruthless usurer's gold The loathsome prostitution of a hand Without a heart! Love sacrifices all things To bless the thing it loves!

A fresh mind keeps the body fresh.

Be as bright as the sun then spread your light all over the world.

The more we genuinely care about others the greater our own happiness & inner peace.

If you Fear, your Heart will decay

It is through strength of technique that the body stays in possession of music.

Be a mirror, absorb everything around you and still remain the same

Art is a lie that makes us realise truth ... that is given us to understand.

I think everybody should have dyslexia and ADD.

I like anything that is like an obstruction, something that I have to act through is good.

Follow your heart, and listen when it speaks to you.

I am not bothered about fashion's speed-up. I find it quite exciting!