Don't be mysterious; there isn't the time.

Don't be mysterious; there isn't the time.

E. M. Forster

Adventures do occur, but not punctually.

Adventures do occur, but not punctually.

Love is a great force in private life; it is indeed the greatest of all things; but love in public affairs does not work.

Love is a great force in private life; it is indeed the greatest of all things; but love in public affairs does not work.

If we act the truth the people who really love us are sure to come back to us in the long run

If we act the truth the people who really love us are sure to come back to us in the long run

The historian records, but the novelist creates.

The historian records, but the novelist creates.

The emotions may be endless. The more we express them, the more we may have to express.

The emotions may be endless. The more we express them, the more we may have to express.

The king died and then the queen died is a story. The king died, and then queen died of grief is a plot.

The king died and then the queen died is a story. The king died, and then queen died of grief is a plot.

Mistrust all enterprises that require new clothes.

Mistrust all enterprises that require new clothes.

Though life is very glorious, it is difficult.

Though life is very glorious, it is difficult.

You can transmute love, ignore it, muddle it, but you can never pull it out of you.

You can transmute love, ignore it, muddle it, but you can never pull it out of you.

It's not what people do to you, but what they mean, that hurts.

It's not what people do to you, but what they mean, that hurts.

Books have to be read it is the only way of discovering what they contain.

Books have to be read it is the only way of discovering what they contain.

To make us feel small in the right way is a function of art; men can only make us feel small in the wrong way.

To make us feel small in the right way is a function of art; men can only make us feel small in the wrong way.

I have no mystic faith in the people. I have in the individual.

I have no mystic faith in the people. I have in the individual.

Give, do not lend; after death who will thank you?

Give, do not lend; after death who will thank you?

Life never gives us what we want at the moment that we consider appropriate.

Life never gives us what we want at the moment that we consider appropriate.

One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not to make a mess of life.

One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not to make a mess of life.

I cannot help thinking that there is something to admire in everyone, even if you do not approve of them.

I cannot help thinking that there is something to admire in everyone, even if you do not approve of them.

Think before you speak is criticism's motto; speak before you think, creation's.

Think before you speak is criticism's motto; speak before you think, creation's.