There is no alarm clock like embarrassment.

All books are judged by their covers until they are read.

Nothing good was ever learned from eavesdropping, so mind your business and let others mind theirs.

If it were easy to resist, it would not be called chocolate cake.

As Agatha Swanburne once said, 'To be kept waiting is unfortunate, but to be kept waiting with nothing interesting to read is a tragedy of Greek proportions.

In the words of Agatha Swanburne, founder of Swanburne Academy, 'Every book is judged by its cover until it is read.'

They are trying to take you back from me now, and they will—but only for a brief, little while—

[A]s Agatha Swanburne once said, 'To be kept waiting is unfortunate, but to be kept waiting with nothing interesting to read is a tragedy of Greek proportions.

In the words of Agatha Swanburne, founder of Swanburne Academy, "Every book is judged by its cover until it is read.

The innocent-sounding words “Yes, it’s close enough to walk” can easily lure the unsuspecting tourist into an exhausting day-long climb, requiring supplemental oxygen, crampons, and a pickax.

If there is one thing I have learned, from loving Jessamine and even from the evil tasks you have made me do, it is that all forms of life are worthy of compassion.

Practicing mindfulness enables us to become a real person. When we are a real person, we see real people around us, and life is present in all its richness.

What the eyes had seen could not be erased.

The dead neither see nor ear.

The [president] has no particle of spiritual jurisdiction. . . .

IF YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING THAT TERRIFIES YOU, MOST LIKELY YOU'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING.

Sometimes I say to myself, 'Oh, I wish I could win a Tony Award', although I'm not that bothered.

If you want to destroy a nation, give it too much - make it greedy, miserable and sick.

The Empress is legitimate, my cousin is Republican, Morny is Orleanist, I am a socialist; the only Bonapartist is Persigny, and he is mad.

If you ever see a war," she says, not looking up from her clipboard, "you'll learn that war only destroys. No one escapes from a war. No one. Not even the survivors.

If we would serve science, we must extend her limits, not only as far as our own knowledge is concerned, but in the estimation of others.