A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is a visible labour and an invisible labour.

The dumber people think you are, the more surprised they're going to be when you kill them.

To conquer the enemy without resorting to war is the most desirable. The highest form of generalship is to conquer the enemy by strategy.

O Proserpina, For the flowers now, that frighted thou let'st fall From Dis's waggon! daffodils, That come before the swallow dares, and take The winds of March with beauty; violets dim, But sweeter than the lids of Juno's eyes Or Cytherea's breath; pale primroses, That die unmarried, ere they can behold Bright Phœbus in his strength,—a malady Most incident to maids; bold oxlips and The crown imperial; lilies of all kinds, The flower-de-luce being one. -The Winter's Tale. Act iv. Sc. 4.

He saw her charming, but he saw not half The charms her downcast modesty conceal'd.

I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving: To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it, but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor.

Optimism is the opium of the people.

Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife.

The feminine mystique has succeeded in burying millions of American women alive.

By the street of by-and-by, one arrives at the house of never.

Love is the answer, but while you're waiting for the answer, sex raises some pretty good questions.

Man is the animal that intends to shoot himself out into interplanetary space, after having given up on the problem of an efficient way to get himself five miles to work and back each day.

Good, better, best. Never rest Until good be better And better best.

Anger ventilated often hurries towards forgiveness; anger concealed often hardens into revenge.

It is better to be quotable than to be honest.

That which is everybody's business is nobody's business.

The compromise will always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it is compromising.

If you don't change your beliefs, your life will be like this forever. Is that good news?.

Absolute power corrupts even when exercised for humane purposes. The benevolent despot who sees himself as a shepherd of the people still demands from others the submissiveness of sheep.

The future is as bright as the promises of God.