Rudyard Kipling

“Gardens are not made by singing 'Oh, how beautiful,' and sitting in the shade.”

“Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.”

“If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster And treat those two impostors just the same.”

“Of all the liars in the world, sometimes the worst are our own fears.”

“For the female of the species is more deadly than the male.”

“A woman's guess is much more accurate than a man's certainty.”

“We be of one blood, ye and I.”

“The first condition of understanding a foreign country is to smell it.”

“I always prefer to believe the best of everybody; it saves so much trouble.”

“East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet.”

“The silliest woman can manage a clever man; but it needs a very clever woman to manage a fool.”

“Now this is the Law of the Jungle — as old and as true as the sky.”

“I keep six honest serving-men (They taught me all I knew); Their names are What and Why and When And How and Where and Who.”

“For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.”

“If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten.”

“He wrapped himself in quotations - as a beggar would enfold himself in the purple of Emperors.”

“There is no sin so great as ignorance. Remember this.”

“An ounce of mother is worth a ton of priest.”

“Take up the White Man's burden.”

“I never made a mistake in my life; at least, never one that I couldn't explain away afterwards.”