Preconceived notions are the locks on the door to wisdom.
If ever I do a mean action, it must be in some interval betwixt one passion and another.
I take a simple view of life. It is keep your eyes open and get on with it.
Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners.
What a large volume of adventures may be grasped within this little span of life by him who interests his heart in every thing, and who, having eyes to see, what time and chance are perpetually holding out to him as he journeyeth on his way, misses nothing he can fairly lay his hands on.
Men tire themselves in pursuit of rest.
Only the brave know how to forgive. . . a coward never forgave; it is not in his nature.
Every natural movement is graceful. Did you ever watch a kitten at play?
Wait. This was the first lesson I had learned about love. The day drags along, you make thousands of plans, you imagine every possible conversation, you promise to change your behavior in certain ways -- and you feel more and more anxious until your loved one arrives. But by then, you don't know what to say. The hours of waiting have been transformed into tension, the tension has become fear, and the fear makes you embarrassed about showing affection.
In China, when you get to the airport everyone be talking in American slang.
Little Boy Blue. . . he needed the money!