Nothing will turn a man's home into a castle more quickly and effectively than a dachshund.

Since it has pleased Providence to place me in this station, I shall do my utmost to fulfil my duty towards my country; I am very young and perhaps in many, though not in all things, inexperienced, but I am sure that very few have more real good will and more real desire to do what is fit and right than I have.

Just close your eyes—and think of England.

We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat. They do not exist.

We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat. They do not exist.

The important thing is not what they think of me, but what I think of them.

An ugly baby is a very nasty object - and the prettiest is frightful.

“An empty vessel makes the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest babblers.” 

“Necessity is the mother of invention.” 

“A house that has a library in it has a soul.” 

I saved a girl from being attacked last night. I controlled myself.

I came from a real tough neighborhood. Why, every time I shut the window I hurt somebody's fingers.

Once I pulled a job, I was so stupid. I picked a guy's pocket on an airplane and made a run for it.

I came from a real tough neighborhood. Once a guy pulled a knife on me. I knew he wasn't a professional, the knife had butter on it.

The flower that smells the sweetest is shy and lowly.

“Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting...” 

Golf is a day spent in a round of strenuous idleness.

“A lake carries you into recesses of feeling otherwise impenetrable.” 

“Pictures deface walls more often than they decorate them.” 

“And homeless near a thousand homes I stood, And near a thousand tables pined and wanted food.” 

“Great God! I'd rather be a Pagan.... ” 

“To begin, begin.” 

“Come grow old with me. The best is yet to be.” 

“Rest and be thankful.”