A friend is a lot of things, but a critic isn't.

- Bernard Williams

Women have a favorite room, men a favorite chair.

- Bernard Williams

Few things are as democratic as a snowstorm.

- Bernard Williams

Books had instant replay long before televised sports.

- Bernard Williams

What a strange world this would be if we all had the same sense of humor.

- Bernard Williams

A half-truth is usually less than half of that.

- Bernard Williams

People who say, 'Let the chips fall where they may,' usually figure they will not be hit by a chip.

- Bernard Williams

The day the Lord created hope was probably the same day he created Spring.

- Bernard Williams

Life is supposed to be a series of peaks and valleys. The secret is to keep the valleys from becoming Grand Canyons.

- Bernard Williams

There was never a night or a problem that could defeat sunrise or hope.

- Bernard Williams

We may pass violets looking for roses. We may pass contentment looking for victory.

- Bernard Williams

If a June night could talk, it would probably boast it invented romance.

- Bernard Williams

We grow a little every time we do not take advantage of somebody's weakness.

- Bernard Williams

There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face.

- Bernard Williams

Talent is a flame. Genius is a fire.

- Bernard Williams

An extravagance is something that your spirit thinks is a necessity.

- Bernard Williams

I like the word 'indolence'. It makes my laziness seem classy.

- Bernard Williams

Man never made any material as resilient as the human spirit.

- Bernard Williams