"The only obligation to which in advance we may hold a novel, without incurring the accusation of being arbitrary, is that it be interesting."

"A man who pretends to understand women is bad manners. For him to really to understand them is bad morals."

"The right time is any time that one is still so lucky as to have."

"In museums and palaces we are alternate radicals and conservatives."

"Money's a horrid thing to follow, but a charming thing to meet."

"The only reason for the existence of a novel is that it does attempt to represent life."

"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

"Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind."

"Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind."

"Do not mind anything that anyone tells you about anyone else. Judge everyone and everything for yourself."

"Summer afternoon, summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language."

“No one is pro-abortion. ” 

“You might be locked in a world not of your own making, her eyes said, but you still have a claim on how it is shaped. You still have responsibilities.” 

“Our challenges may be new. The instruments with which we meet them may be new. But those values upon which our success depends - honesty and hard work, courage and fair play, tolerance and curiosity, loyalty and patriotism - these things are old. These things are true. They have been the quiet force of progress throughout our history. What is demanded then is a return to these truths. What is required of us now is a new era of responsibility - a recognition, on the part of every American, that we have duties to ourselves, our nation, and the world, duties that we do not grudgingly accept but rather seize gladly, firm in the knowledge that there is nothing so satisfying to the spirit, so defining of our character, than giving our all to a difficult task.” 

“But you see, a rich country like America can perhaps afford to be stupid.” 

“It's not surprising, then, they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations.” 

“This shit would be really interesting if we weren't in the middle of it.” 

“I shall select judges of manslaughter, and swear them in, establish a court into all time to come. 485 Litigants, call your witnesses, have ready your proofs as evidence under bond to keep this case secure. I will pick the finest of my citizens, and come back. They shall swear to make no judgment that is not just, and make clear where in this action the truth lies.” 

“From a small seed a mighty trunk may grow.” 

“This is a sickness rooted and inherent in the nature of a tyranny: that he that holds it does not trust his friends.” 

“Do not labor uselessly at what helps not at all.” 

“I have not need to promise what I cannot do.” 

“If bright water you stain with mud, you nevermore will find it fit to drink.” 

“Who acts, shall endure. So speaks the voice of the age-old wisdom.”