Nathaniel Hawthorne

Accuracy is the twin brother of honesty; inaccuracy, of dishonesty.

Selfishness is one of the qualities apt to inspire love.

Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind.

I get butterflies before I go out to say hello at a party.

What makes Shakespeare eternal is his grasp of psychology. He knew how to nail stuff about us as human beings.

The fact is that my wife if she had common sense would have more power over me than any other whatsoever, for my heart always alights upon the nearest perch.