First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity.
Patriotism is, fundamentally, a conviction that a particular country is the best in the world because you were born in it…
A life spent making mistakes is not only more honourable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.
The moment we want to believe something, we suddenly see all the arguments for it, and become blind to the arguments against it.
Beauty is all very well at first sight; but who ever looks at it when it has been in the house three days?