The chaste mind, like a polished plane, may admit foul thoughts, without receiving their tincture.

Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners.

A good simile,--as concise as a king's declaration of love.

I take a simple view of life. It is keep your eyes open and get on with it.

Men tire themselves in pursuit of rest.

Only the brave know how to forgive... a coward never forgave; it is not in his nature.

The desire of knowledge, like the thirst of riches, increases ever with the acquisition of it.

There is nothing so awkward as courting a woman whilst she is making sausages.

Freethinkers are generally those who never think at all.

Keyholes are the occasions of more sin and wickedness, than all other holes in this world put together.

So much of motion, is so much of life, and so much of joy, and to stand still, or get on but slowly, is death and the devil.

Bran thought about it. 'Can a man still be brave if he's afraid?''That is the only time a man can be brave, ' his father told him.

All I needed was a steady table and a typewriter...a marble-topped bedroom washstand table made a good place; the dining-room table between meals was also suitable.

Aristocracy is that form of government in which education and discipline are qualifications for suffrage and office holding.

Laughter means: taking a mischievous delight in someone else's uneasiness, but with a good conscience.

A married woman is a slave you must know how to seat upon a throne.

In an earlier life, were you a pair of brakes?" "Try a brick wall.

Forget purpose. It’s okay to be happy without one. The quest for a single purpose has ruined many lives.

In my time, you needed to speak a little Italian, and that was it.

I kind of like the wind in my face. If it wasn’t there, I don’t know if I would push as hard.