Whatever you say, say it with conviction

The longing of my heart is a fairy portrait of myself: I want to be pretty; I want to eliminate facts and fill up the gap with charms.

Wheresoever she was, there was Eden.

Eat a live frog first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day.

...nothing so liberalizes a man and expands the kindly instincts that nature put in him as travel and contact with many kinds of people.

For the majority of us, the past is a regret, the future an experiment

The old saw says - 'Let a sleeping dog lie.' Experience knows better; experience says, If you want to convince do it yourself.