Wentworths Charlotte Quotes & Sayings

I was a mere tourist with no part whatever in this great conflict; but it was my rare privilege, through an unusual train of circumstances, to witness the moving scenes that I have resolved to describe. In these pages I give only my personal impressions; so my readers should not look here for specific details, nor for information on strategic matters; these things have their place in other writings. — Henry Dunant

Something that he wants to do. And when I answer his peremptory scratch at the door and hold the door open for him to walk through, he stops in the middle and lights a cigarette, just to hold me up. — E.B. White

The beautiful thing about older people is their ability to cut the fat off of conversation. When they talk, they don't go on forever and ever. They say what they have to say, and that's it. That was my grand dad. Some of the things he said stunned me, but his words were logical. I'll never forget them. — Bill Cosby

Do not give dalliance too much rein; the strongest oaths are straw to the fire in the blood. — William Shakespeare

The wider you spread your fingers apart while clapping is equal to the amount of retarded you look while clapping. — Christy Leigh Stewart

Too much work and too much energy kill a man just as effectively as too much assorted vice or too much drink — Rudyard Kipling