There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other is to gain it.
Some men see things as they are and ask why. Others dream of things that never were and ask why not.
Marriage is an alliance entered into by a man who can't sleep with the window shut, and a woman who can't sleep with the window open.
A life spent making mistakes is not only more honourable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.
Patriotism is, fundamentally, a conviction that a particular country is the best in the world because you were born in it…
The moment we want to believe something, we suddenly see all the arguments for it, and become blind to the arguments against it.