My valour is certainly going! - it is sneaking off! - I feel it oozing out as it were at the palms of my hands!

He is the very pineapple of politeness.

A circulating library in a town is as an evergreen tree of diabolical knowledge.

When of a gossiping circle it was asked, "What are they doing?" The answer was, "Swapping lies.

An aspersion upon my parts of speech!

Won't you come into the garden? I would like my roses to see you.

A bumper of good liquor Will end a contest quicker Than justice, judge or vicar.

An unforgiving eye, and a damned disinheriting countenance!

Fertilizer does no good in a heap, but a little spread around works miracles all over.

Never say more than is necessary.

The surest way not to fail is to determine to succeed.

Happiness is achieving your goals. Contentment is not having any.

There was, she suddenly saw, many ways to be raped.

Educating a child won't be difficult if you get through to the parent.

If your therapist asks if you have a quarter, then politely tells you to call someone who cares ... there's a good chance you're whining!

Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable.

Every generalization is dangerous, especially this one.

After you finish a book, the story still goes on in your mind. You can never change the beginning. But you can always change the end.

It's the perfect environment for prayer. Chanting in Greek is like a beautiful opera, but way better.

The violence of either grief or joy, their own enactures with themselves destroy.

You can't expect to make no effort. You still have to make the effort and be kind and understanding.