The life of every man is a diary in which he means to write one story, and writes another; and his humblest hour is when he compares the volume as it is with what he vowed to make it.
Life is a long lesson in humility.
To die will be an awfully big adventure.
A safe but sometimes chilly way of recalling the past is to force open a crammed drawer. If you are searching for anything in particular you don't find it, but something falls out at the back that is often more interesting.
We are all of us failures, at least, the best of us are.
The best place a person can die, is where they die for others.
We are all failures at least, all the best of us are.
The most useless are those who never change through the years.
Dreams do come true, if we only wish hard enough, You can have anything in life if you will sacrifice everything else for it.
His lordship may compel us to be equal upstairs, but there will never be equality in the servants hall.
That is ever the way. 'Tis all jealousy to the bride and good wishes to the corpse.
God gave us memory so that we might have roses in December.
Shall we make a new rule of life from tonight: always to try to be a little kinder than is necessary?
I know not, sir, whether Bacon wrote the works of Shakespeare, but if he did not, it seems to me that he missed the opportunity of his life.
Let no one who loves be unhappy, even love unreturned has its rainbow.
The praise that comes from love does not make us vain, but more humble.
Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.
Do you believe in fairies? Say quick that you believe. If you believe, clap your hands!
Everytime a child says 'I don't believe in fairies' there is a a little fairy somewhere that falls down dead.
A woman can be anything the man who loves her would have her be.
