“I wanted to end the world, but I’ll settle for ending yours.”

There is danger for him who taketh the tiger cub, and danger also for whoso snatches a delusion from a woman.

Of all ruins, that of a noble mind is the most deplorable.

If i could be assured of your destruction, i would in the interest of the public, cheerfully accept my death.

When a doctor does go wrong he is the first of criminals.

A change of work is the best rest.

There are times, young fellah, when every one of us must make a stand for human right and justice, or you never feel clean again.

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself; but talent instantly recognizes genius.

You see, but you do not observe.

It is stupidity rather than courage to refuse to recognize danger when it is close upon you.

To let the brain work without sufficient material is like racing an engine. It racks itself to pieces.

Life, it turns out, is infinitely more clever and adaptable than anyone had ever supposed.

We can’t command our love, but we can our actions.

I have frequently gained my first real insight into the character of parents by studying their children.

The game is afoot.

Women are naturally secretive, and they like to do their own secreting.

There are heroisms all round us waiting to be done.

Death comes for us all in the end.

Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough.

Take care with the end as you do with the beginning.

To stop war by the perfection of engines of destruction alone, might consume centuries and centuries. Other means must be employed to hasten the end.

Don’t think money does everything or you are going to end up doing everything for money.

Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.

I’m all about challenges and seeing if I can go out and see if I can achieve something. If at the end of the day I do it, great. If I don’t, I can live with myself.

Every man’s life ends the same way. It is only the details of how he lived and how he died that distinguish one man from another.