An aged Burgundy runs with a beardless Port. I cherish the fancy that Port speaks sentences of wisdom, Burgundy sings the inspired Ode.

Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.

The most affectionate creature in the world is a wet dog.

War is God's way of teaching Americans geography.

In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of office.

Mayonnaise: One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion.

Admiral. That part of a warship which does the talking while the figurehead does the thinking.

Spring beckons! All things to the call respond; the trees are leaving and cashiers abscond.

NEPOTISM, n. Appointing your grandmother to office for the good of the party.

Divorce: a resumption of diplomatic relations and rectification of boundaries.

Clairvoyant, n.: A person, commonly a woman, who has the power of seeing that which is invisible to her patron - namely, that he is a blockhead.

The answer to prayers is for the appointed time. God’s honour is at stake to response to the supplications of His Children in His timing.

you are the builder of your future, the creator of your destiny. Therefore, do not swerve from the path of truth........

But bread is different. I come from Czechoslovakia, where we eat lots of it, so it's hard to say no. I can't even have one piece, because when I start, I don't stop.

The form of free verse is as binding and as liberating as the form of a rondeau.

Day-dreams without work do not amount to anything; it is the actual work that counts.

The great secret of morals is Love; or a going out of our own nature, and an identification of ourselves with the beautiful which exists in thought, action, or person, not our own.

Society is a hospital of incurables.

Some children may need a behavioral approach, whereas other children may need a sensory approach.

My accent has changed my whole life. When I was younger it was very Nigerian, then when we went to England it was very British.

I'm optimistic about people and about the planet and about nature. I think it's resilient, like people are.