The bosom can ache beneath diamond brooches; and many a blithe heart dances under coarse wool.

Through every rift of discovery some seeming anomaly drops out of the darkness, and falls, as a golden link into the great chain of order.

It is difficult to believe that a true gentleman will ever become a gamester, a libertine, or a sot.

Do not judge from mere appearances.

No language can express the power and beauty and heroism of a mother's love.

Never does the human soul appear so strong as when it foregoes revenge, and dares to forgive an injury.

Pride is the master sin of the devil, and the devil is the father of lies.

Neutral men are the devil's allies.

Goodness consists not in the outward things we do, but in the inward thing we are.

Heaven never defaults. The wicked are sure of their wages, sooner or later.

The universe is a vast system of exchange. Every artery of it is in motion, throbbing with reciprocity, from the planet to the rotting leaf.

I hoped that grief was similar to the other emotions. That it would end, the way happiness did. Or laughter.

Learning is about seeing things froma a different perspective. My role is to help people improve their vision

My hobbies away from horse racing would be reading and painting; I love art.

Don't do this. I love you. Don't shut me out.

Perhaps the story in the book is just the lid on a pan: It always stays the same, but underneath there's a whole world that goes on - developing and changing like our own world.

If a child lives with acceptance and friendship, he learns to find love in the world

True power and true happiness are when you use your success to make others around you feel even more significant.

Japan will not abandon the fight for the Philippines even if Tokyo should be reduced to ashes!

If you want to be equal with me, you can get your own Rolls-Royce, your own house and your own million dollars.

I just sit at a typewriter and curse a bit.