The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.

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

Be that self which one truly is.

Christmas to a child is the first terrible proof that to travel hopefully is better than to arrive.

Many have had their greatness made for them by their enemies.

That which costs little is less valued.

Your personal nature seeks its paradise.

Terrorism is the tactic of demanding the impossible, and demanding it at gunpoint.

The mystery of the beginning of all things is insoluble by us; and I for one must be content to remain an agnostic

To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best.

People think I'm a miserable sod but it's only because I get asked such bloody miserable questions.

Maybe you are searching among the branches, for what only appears in the roots.

The advantage of a bad memory is that one enjoys several times the same good thing for the first time.

Children are a wonderful gift. They have an extraordinary capacity to see into the heart of things and to expose sham and humbug for what they are.

Wisely, and slow. They stumble that run fast.

The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.

At the heart of all beauty lies something inhuman.

A good traveller has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.

Fear may come true that which one is afraid of.

Memory... is an internal rumour.

There's nothing in the world so demoralizing as money.