Amo, amas, I love a lass, As a cedar tall and slender; Sweet cowslip's grace is her nominative case, And she's of the feminine gender.

A glass is good, and a lass is good, And a pipe to smoke in cold weather; The world is good, and the people are good, And we 're all good fellows together.

What baron or squire Or knight of the shire Lives half so well as a holy friar.

I do what I do merrily out of curiosity because I want to know how the brain works. That will get me up early in the morning and keep me going all day long.

the greatest men that ever live pass away unknown. they put forth no claims for themselves, establish no schools of systems in their name. they never create or stir but just melt down into love

I believe that my clothes can give people a better image of themselves - that it can increase their feelings of confidence and happiness.

Gluttony is an emotional escape, a sign something is eating us.

Disease cannot live in a body that's in a healthy emotional state.

The Frier preached against stealing, and had a goose in his sleeve.

A little labour, much health.

I thought I was a revolutionary and was only an evolutionary.

That's basically the mantra of Herr Silverman's teaching - think for yourself and do what's right for you, but let others do the same.

The correct prayer is never one of supplication but one of gratitude.

Every time I win a tournament I have to think that there is something wrong with modern chess.