The most dangerous food is a wedding cake.

Justice, like liberty and coercion, is a concept which, for the sake of clarity, ought to be confined to the deliberate treatment of men by other men.

A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward.

Discipline is the refining fire by which talent becomes ability.

History knows no resting place and no plateaus.

For now the field is not far off Where we must give the world a proof Of deeds, not words.

A man's a man for a' that!

Nothing is thought rare Which is not new, and follow'd; yet we know That what was worn some twenty years ago Comes into grace again.

A host of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

You grow up on the day you have your first real laugh at, yourself.

Only trust thyself, and another shall not betray thee.

Most glorious night! Thou wert not sent for slumber!

Don't take up a man's time talking about the smartness of your children; he wants to talk to you about the smartness of his children.

I refused to attend his funeral. But I wrote a very nice letter explaining that I approved of it.

April is the cruelest month, breeding Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing Memory and desire, stirring Dull roots with spring rain.

Better to have loved a short man than never to have loved a tall.

I've been rich and I've been poor; rich is better.

War is not an independent phenomenon, but the continuation of politics by different means.

Watch out for emergencies. They are your big chance.

Language has created the word loneliness to express the pain of being alone, and the word solitude to express the glory of being alone.