He (God) is determined to pursue you because He knows the greatest joy in your life will come from His lan for you.
I am neither a Whig nor Tory. My politics are described in one word and that word is England.
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 do not know of any, excepting the unpardonable sin, that is greater than the sin of ingratitude.
A point of rest alone explains motion.
I am glad that I am not raising kids today. And I’m rather pessimistic that my grandchildren will enjoy the great society that I’ve enjoyed in my lifetime. I really think it’s coarsened. It’s coarsened in so many ways. One of the things that upsets me about modern society is the coarseness of manners. You can’t go to a movie — or watch a television show for that matter — without hearing the constant use of the F-word — including, you know, ladies using it. People that I know don’t talk like that!
I was just a boy on a boat in the universe.