The spot of ground on which a man has stood is forever interesting to him.

Love is but the discovery of ourselves in others, and the delight in the recognition.

The man who in this world can keep the whiteness of his soul is not likely to lose it in any other.

Trees are your best antiques

Christmas is the day that holds all time together.

Stirling, like a huge brooch, clasps Highlands and Lowlands together.

Vanity in its idler moments is benevolent, is as willing to give pleasure as to take it, and accepts as sufficient reward for its services a kind word or an approving smile.

A man gazing at the stars is proverbially at the mercy of the puddles in the road.

In the entire circle of the year there are no days so delightful as those of a fine October.

If you wish to preserve your secret, wrap it up in frankness.

If you do your fair day's work, you are certain to get your fair day's wage - in praise or pudding, whichever happens to suit your taste.

We are all guests on this earth. We come and we go. All of us. The oppressors and the oppressed, the weak and the strong. We are all here for a mere moment.

Humility is not thinking less of myself, but thinking about myself less.

Theology is a science of mind applied to God.

When we trust God more than our feelings, it confuses the devil. I mean, when he throws you his best shot and he can't budge you from believing God, he won't know what to do with you anymore.

A human being is not attaining his full heights until he is educated.

I'm happy to have been a positive influence.

There are two types of pain: pain that hurts you and pain that changes you.

Artemis Fowl will never be secondary." "I thought you were Artemis Fowl the Second?" said Holly.

One of the billions of things I love about Beyonce: The harder she tries to come on crazy, the less crazy she sounds.

The ability to manage well doesn't make much difference if you're not even in the right jungle.