For a moment, nothing happened. Then, after a second or so, nothing continued to happen.
One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries.
If the world was perfect, it wouldn't be.
Where grief is fresh, any attempt to divert it only irritates.
Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.
A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age.
He who would accomplish little must sacrifice little; he who would achieve much must sacrifice much; he who would attain highly must sacrifice greatly.
Common sense is not so common.
Liberty, according to my metaphysics is a self-determining power in an intellectual agent. It implies thought and choice and power.
The death of a beautiful woman, is unquestionably the most poetical topic in the world.
The speed of the leader is the speed of the gang.
You don't have to be the Dalai Lama to tell people that life's about change.
By seeing London, I have seen as much of life as the world can show.
Ah just act the way ah feel.
Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays.
I have great faith in fools; self-confidence my friends call it.
The true test of a man's character is what he does when no one is watching.
Quote me as saying I was mis-quoted.
Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always got there first, and is waiting for it.
A woman can be over dressed but never over elegant.
Everyone is born a genius, but the process of living de-geniuses them.
