He had the blue kite in his hands; that was the first thing I saw. And I can't lie now and say my eyes didn't scan it for any rips.
A few more years will destroy whatever yet remains of that magical potency which once belonged to the name of Byron.
The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.
People crushed by law have no hopes but from power. If laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to laws.
I would rather be poor in a cottage full of books than a king without the desire to read.
A good constitution is infinitely better than the best despot.
People who take no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote descendants.
We all live in the protection of certain cowardices which we call our principles.
Around the holidays, or anytime I'm going on vacation, I try to bump up my cardio or lose a pound before leaving.
A small group of people, they raise the price of oil and the whole world will suffer from this.
I take it for granted, when I am invited to lecture anywhere,--for I have had a little experience in that business,--that there isa desire to hear what I think on some subject, though I may be the greatest fool in the country,--and not that I should say pleasant things merely, or such as an audience will assent to; and I resolve, accordingly, that I will give them a strong dose of myself. They have sent for me, and engaged to pay for me, and I am determined that they shall have me, though I bore them beyond all precedent.