To believe in a child is to believe in the Future.

Under certain circumstances there are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea.

It's time to start living the life you've imagined.

Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind.

We work in the dark - we do what we can - we give what we have. Our doubt is our passion, and our passion is our task. The rest is the madness of art.

Do not mind anything that anyone tells you about anyone else. Judge everyone and everything for yourself.

Everything about Florence seems to be colored with a mild violet, like diluted wine.

Excellence does not require perfection.

The Roman jurisprudence has the longest known history of any set of human institutions.

I'm yours for ever--for ever and ever. Here I stand; I'm as firm as a rock. If you'll only trust me, how little you'll be disappointed. Be mine as I am yours.

It's a complex fate, being an American, and one of the responsibilities it entails is fighting against a superstitious valuation of Europe.

War was easy. The hard part was cleaning up afterward.

If you only had a year left to live, what book would you write?Now, write that book.

If one concentrates on one thing and does not get away from it ... he will possess strong, moving power.

Men are not sent to hell because of being murderers or liars, they are sent to hell because they are unrighteous.

The path of social advancement is, and must be, strewn with broken friendships.

Chocolate fends off all kinds of nasty stuff. And if you get hungry while warding off evil, you have a snack. It's multipurpose equipment.

What happens in committee if the committee functions, more often than not, not every time but more often than not, a bill comes out with bipartisan support.

In the Darwinian world, self-preservation is the ultimate shiny good.

People have got to show up, showing up at meetings, rallies, marches, City Council, courtrooms. You've got to show up.

Well, I guess I can wait two weeks then." "for what?" "to ask her out