If women were particular about men's characters, they would never get married at all.
The moment we want to believe something, we suddenly see all the arguments for it, and become blind to the arguments against it.
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.
Patriotism is, fundamentally, a conviction that a particular country is the best in the world because you were born in it…
Some men see things as they are and ask why. Others dream of things that never were and ask why not.
A life spent making mistakes is not only more honourable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.
A life spent making mistakes is not only more honourable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.