There is nothing more dreadful than imagination without taste.
I've grown to realize the joy that comes from little victories is preferable to the fun that comes from ease and the pursuit of pleasure.
O, it is excellent to have a giant's strength; but it is tyrannous to use it like a giant.
She screamed as she went down, and I saw her thrashing to get up, but she couldn't, the crowd's pressure was too strong.
How could you be a Great Man if history brought you no Great Events, or brought you to them at the wrong time, too young, too old?
In the absences of a decent time machine, fiction remains the most sturdy vehicle for visiting other eras.
The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.