I mean, I knew that in the abstract there were terrorists somewhere in the world, but they didn't really represent any risk to me.
I am free of all prejudice. I hate everyone equally.
The summer night is like a perfection of thought.
Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.
One of the best rules in conversation is, never to say a thing which any of the company can reasonably wish had been left unsaid.
Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.
It is fortunate to be of high birth, but it is no less so to be of such character that people do not care to know whether you are or are not.