Everybody is vulnerable through love of their children. Hostages to fortune.
The noble Lord (Stanley) was the Prince Rupert to the Parliamentary army--his valour did not always serve his own cause.
One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.
We make our own fortune and call it destiny.
The palace is not safe when the cottage is not happy.
When I want to read a novel, I write one.
Fear makes us feel our humanity.
I think solitude is a really positive thing. I cherish solitude immensely. In today’s society, there’s so much pressure to communicate, eat out, be friends with people. Why can’t you read a book on your own? Why have you got to have a book club?
Where do people earn the Per Capita Income? More than one poor starving soul would like to know. In our countries, numbers live better than people. How many people prosper in times of prosperity? How many people find their lives developed by development?
It is doubtless very desirable, that private persons should have a correct knowledge of their personal interests; but it must be infinitely more so, that governments should possess that knowledge.
I didn't really play dress up when I was a kid, and I'm really T-shirt and jeans-y.