I used to desire many, many things, but now I have just one desire, and thats to get rid of all my other desires.
I may not be better than other people, but at least I'm different.
You cant have a plan for your day, til you have a plan for your life.
Even if you are divine, you don't disdain male consorts.
Any non-commissioned officer is more of an enemy to a recruit, any schoolmaster to a pupil, then they are if they were free.
Many have had their greatness made for them by their enemies.
If you follow every dream, you might get lost.
A jug fills drop by drop.
Patriotism is usually stronger than class hatred, and always stronger than internationalism.
Society is now one polished horde, Formed of two mighty tribes, The Bores and the Bored.
A woman can be over dressed but never over elegant.
The speed of the leader is the speed of the gang.
You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it.
Like religion, politics, and family planning, cereal is not a topic to be brought up in public. It's too controversial.
The advantage of a bad memory is that one enjoys several times the same good thing for the first time.
Give up trying to make me give up
Modesty and conscientiousness receive their reward only in novels. In life they are exploited and then shoved aside.
Christmas to a child is the first terrible proof that to travel hopefully is better than to arrive.
Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.
An idea is salvation by imagination
Forewarned, forearmed. To be prepared is half the victory.