As I sat opposite the Treasury Bench the ministers reminded me of one of those marine landscapes not very unusual on the coasts of South America. You behold a range of exhausted volcanoes.

Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.

The secret of success is constancy of purpose.

Cleanliness and order are not matters of instinct; they are matters of education, and like most great things, you must cultivate a taste for them.

Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.

Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.

Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.

One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.

Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.

Never complain and never explain.

Finality is not the language of politics.

The love that moves the sun and the other stars.

I don't mind functional medicine. I suppose it has to be better than dysfunctional medicine.

When your life flashes through your eyes make sure there is enough to see, until then work hard on your ambitions and live life to the fullest.

Do not worry, my sweet one. You have it within you to get yourself where you need to be.

When no one is left to tell what happened, family histories keep their secrets.

Moment by moment, in life's winter, life frozeEchoing a history of blues, a milestone roseFrom A Farewell A welcome

Discipline is simply the art of making the soldiers fear their officers more than the enemy.

No water, no life. No blue, no green.

One of the big challenges now is to figure out just how many viruses there really are in the human genome. So far the estimate is 8.3% of our genome is virus, but it actually could be a lot higher.

This is a frightening statistic. More people vote in 'American Idol' than in any US election.