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

No temptation can gravitate to a man unless there is that in his heart which is capable of responding to it.

The word 'good' has many meanings. For example, if a man were to shoot his grandmother at a range of five hundred yards, I should call him a good shot, but not necessarily a good man.

We can work together for a better world with men and women of goodwill, those who radiate the intrinsic goodness of humankind.

Be that self which one truly is.

There is the view that poetry should improve your life. I think people confuse it with the Salvation Army.

I could see that, if not actually disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled.

When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.

Those who restrain desire do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained.

I am not ashamed to confess that I am ignorant of what I do not know.

Every man's memory is his private literature.

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

A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous.

Sunlight is painting.

There is an eloquence in true enthusiasm.

As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do.

The joke of our time is the suicide of intention.

Enthusiasm... the sustaining power of all great action.

Reality is wrong. Dreams are for real.

I meant what I said and I said what I meant.

I have great faith in fools; self-confidence my friends call it.