Either the soul is immortal and we shall not die, or it perishes with the flesh and we shall not know that we are dead. Live, then, as if you were eternal.

We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity - romantic love and gunpowder.

Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold.

The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.

We can talk frankly about our defects only to those who recognise our qualities.

An artist must be a reactionary. He has to stand out against the tenor of the age and not go flopping along.

A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.

A marriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.

We appreciate frankness from those who like us. Frankness from others is called insolence.

Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do not know.

A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.

Jamie gawked at the JLM T-shirt peeking out of Theo's leather jacket and his face glowed. "Yes I-L-Y?

Our parents were a test tube and a turkey baster.

With the Union my best and dearest earthly hopes are entwined.

It is certainly not the least charm of a theory that it is refutable.

It can't hurt to have a backup.

As you keep getting more popular, people are continually wanting more from you and it seems to me that all they want in the end is your death.

A football team represents a way of being, a culture.

Oh, go in anywhere Colonel, go in anywhere. You'll find lovely fighting all along the line.

The present is the necessary product of all the past, the necessary cause of all the future.