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

Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.

Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world.

I've been looking for a girl like you - not you, but a girl like you.

Obsession is an attractive thing. People who are really, really interested and good at one thing and smart are attractive, if they're men.

The fascination of shooting as a sport depends almost wholly on whether you are at the right or wrong end of the gun.

He who would accomplish little must sacrifice little; he who would achieve much must sacrifice much; he who would attain highly must sacrifice greatly.

Those who hammer their guns into plows, will plow for those who do not.

Radical simply means 'grasping things at the root'.

The joke of our time is the suicide of intention.

A jug fills drop by drop.

The right of a nation to kill a tyrant in case of necessity can no more be doubted than to hang a robber, or kill a flea.

As long as we believe in absurdities we shall continue to commit atrocities.

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

The death of a beautiful woman, is unquestionably the most poetical topic in the world.

We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same.

How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.

I love children, especially when they cry, for then someone takes them away.

All of us have moments in our lives that test our courage. Taking children into a house with a white carpet is one of them.

To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities.

I think we're having fun. I think our customers really like our products. And we're always trying to do better.