The wish to spread those opinions that we hold conducive to our own welfare is so deeply rooted in the English character that few of us can escape its influence.

The course of true anything never does run smooth.

Memory and forgetfulness are as life and death to one another. To live is to remember and to remember is to live. To die is to forget and to forget is to die.

Creativity is so delicate a flower that praise tends to make it bloom, while discouragement often nips it in the bud.

People are always good company when they are doing what they really enjoy.

Prayers are to men as dolls are to children. They are not without use and comfort, but it is not easy to take them very seriously.

He that complies against his will, Is of his own opinion still.