Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinking. Do, every day, something no one else would be silly enough to do. It is bad for the mind to continually be part of unanimity.

Life is a foreign language; all men mispronounce it.

The enemies of the future are always the very nicest people.

Beware of the conversationalist who adds "in other words." He is merely starting afresh.

There is only one success - to be able to spend your life in your own way.

In every man's heart there is a secret nerve that answers to the vibrations of beauty.

The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking.

We visit bookshops not so often to buy any one special book, but rather to rediscover, in the happier and more expressive words of others, our own encumbered soul.

We've had bad luck with our kids-they've all grown up.

All cities are mad: but the madness is gallant. All cities are beautiful: but the beauty is grim.