Time is one thing that can never be retrieved. One may lose and regain friends. One may lose and regain money. Opportunity, once spurned, may come again. But the hours that are lost in idleness can never be brought back to be used in gainful pursuits

Victory was to be bought so dear as to be almost indistinguishable from defeat.

The malice of the wicked was reinforced by the weakness of the virtuous.

When a new book appears one should read an old one.

I don't like standing near the edge of a platform when an express train is passing through. I like to stand right back and if possible get a pillar between me and the train. I don't like to stand by the side of a ship and look down into the water. A second's action would end everything. A few drops of desperation.

We are all worms. However, I like to think I'm a glow worm

It is not enough that we do our best; sometimes we must do what is required.