Letters should be easy and natural, and convey to the persons to whom we send them just what we should say to the persons if we were with them.

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.

Treasure friendship in whatever form it takes.

...he told me all the things he liked to THINK he thought in the misty past.

At Google, operations are not just an afterthought: they are critical to the company's success, and we want to have just as much effort and creativity in this domain as in new product development.

The purpose of the Constitution is to restrict the majority's ability to harm a minority.

The writings of women are always cold and pretty like themselves. There is as much wit as you may desire, but never any soul.

I drink coffee. Without coffee, I probably couldnt write.

In the bigger scheme of things the universe is not asking us to do something, the universe is asking us to be something. And that's a whole different thing.

I was absolutely shocked, appalled and ashamed when I heard about the Milly Dowler case only two weeks ago.

Do not let the artificial obliterate the natural; do not let will obliterate destiny; do not let virtue be sacrificed to fame.