It is wonderful how quickly you get used to things, even the most astonishing.
Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others.
In real life, unlike in Shakespeare, the sweetness of the rose depends upon the name it bears. Things are not only what they are. They are, in very important respects, what they seem to be.
To avoid situations in which you might make mistakes may be the biggest mistake of all.
Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan 'Press On' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.
Sack over my head and cinched it tight around my windpipe.
Our own physical body possesses a wisdom which we who inhabit the body lack.