A book is a mirror: if an ape looks into it an apostle is hardly likely to look out.

Everything beautiful has a mark of eternity.

Rhyme, that enslaved queen, that supreme charm of our poetry, that creator of our meter.

No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris.

Some newspapers are fit only to line the bottom of bird cages.

The true test of a man's character is what he does when no one is watching.

A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one.

Moonlight is sculpture.

My government will be open. Anyone found guilty of corruption will be dealt with in accordance with the law. If you are corrupt you will have to hang your boots.

I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.

So many women just don't know how great they really are. They come to us all vogue outside and vague on the inside.

All of us have moments in our lives that test our courage. Taking children into a house with a white carpet is one of them.

By seeing London, I have seen as much of life as the world can show.

The two offices of memory are collection and distribution.

The idea is to write it so that people hear it and it slides through the brain and goes straight to the heart.

A myth is an image in terms of which we try to make sense of the world.

A scientific man ought to have no wishes, no affections, - a mere heart of stone.

In ballet a complicated story is impossible to tell... we can't dance synonyms.

It is a good rule in life never to apologize. The right sort of people do not want apologies, and the wrong sort take a mean advantage of them.

Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future.

There is an eloquence in true enthusiasm.