Never be haughty to the humble, never be humble to the haughty.

Man is the Reasoning Animal. Such is the claim. I think it is open to dispute.

Words are only painted fire; a look is the fire itself.

There is no such thing as the Queen's English. The property has gone into the hands of a joint stock company and we own the bulk of the shares!

To us, our house was not unsentient matter -- it had a heart, and a soul, and eyes to see us with; and approvals and solicitudes and deep sympathies; it was of us, and we were in its confidence, and lived in its grace and in the peace of its benediction.

I played Chess with him and would have beaten him sometimes only he always took back his last move, and ran the game out differently

Don't live in the past, don't ponder about the future, stay at the PRESENT moment NOW...always.