The praise that comes from love does not make us vain, but more humble.

I've sometimes thought . . . that the difference between us and the English is that the Scotch are hard in all other respects but soft with women, and the English are hard with women but soft in all other respects.

If I were younger, I'd know more.

They were going round and round the island, but they did not meet because all were going at the same rate.

Odd things happen to all of us on our way through life without our noticing for a time that they have happened.

He looked at her uncomfortably; blinking, you know, like one not sure whether he was awake or asleep.

There are many different kinds of bravery. There's the bravery of thinking of others before one's self. Now, your father has never brandished a sword nor fired a pistol, thank heavens. But he has made many sacrifices for his family, and put away many dreams... He put them in a drawer. And sometimes, late at night, we take them out and admire them. But it gets harder and harder to close the drawer... He does. And that is why he is brave.