Henry Adams

The woman who is known only through a man is known wrong.

Every man who has at last succeeded, after long effort, in calling up the divinity which lies hidden in a woman's heart, is startled to find that he must obey the God he summoned.

Philosophy: Unintelligible answers to insoluble problems.

I am a big one for subtlety and empathy. My dad was softly spoken and didn't carry his honours and accomplishments for everyone to see.

Whoever grows angry amid troubles applies a drug worse than the disease and is a physician unskilled about misfortunes.

James Bond is quite serious about his drinks and clothing and cigarettes and food and all that sort of thing. There is nothing wry or amused about James Bond.