There is nothing more miserable in the world than to arrive in paradise and look like your passport photo.
It is wonderful when you don't have the fear, and a lot of the time I don't ... I focus on what needs to be done instead.
A process cannot be understood by stopping it. Understanding must move with the flow of the process, must join it and flow with it.
Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.
Parents are usually more careful to bestow knowledge on their children rather than virtue, the art of speaking well rather than doing well; but their manners should be of the greatest concern.
The future is something which every one reaches at the rate of sixty minutes an hour, whatever he does, whoever he is.
The battle for women's rights has been largely won.
Be like a tree and let the dead leaves drop.
A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age.
By seeing London, I have seen as much of life as the world can show.
Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.
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.
The English contribution to world cuisine - the chip.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
I've been looking for a girl like you - not you, but a girl like you.
When you get to a certain age, there is no coming back.
A difference of opinion is what makes horse racing and missionaries.
The day of individual happiness has passed
A person preaches well that lives well.
Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you are.
I don't watch television, I think it destroys the art of talking about oneself.
