Good ale, the true and proper drink of Englishmen. He is not deserving of the name of Englishman who speaketh against ale, that is good ale.

There's night and day, brother, both sweet things; sun, moon, and stars, brother, all sweet things; there's likewise a wind on the heath. Life is very sweet, brother; who would wish to die?

Translation is at best an echo.

If you must commit suicide ... always contrive to do it as decorously as possible; the decencies, whether of life or of death, should never be lost sight of.

There are no countries in the world less known by the British than those selfsame British Islands.

We must walk before we run.

Youth will be served, every dog has his day, and mine has been a fine one.

It has been said that idleness is the parent of mischief, which is very true; but mischief itself is merely an attempt to escape from the dreary vacuum of idleness.

A losing trade, I assure you, sir: literature is a drug.

Never ride your horse more than five-and-thirty miles a day, always taking more care of him than of yourself; which is right and reasonable, seeing as how the horse is the best animal of the two.

I am invariably of the politics of the people at whose table I sit, or beneath whose roof I sleep.

What can a man do for a woman while she live her life? You can only show her that you love her.

My greatest ambition is to have a career without becoming a career woman.

I will always remember when the stars fell down around me and lifted me up above the George Washington Bridge.

Last year, I was sort of a kid and I was a little scared, I ain't scared any more.

I have myself to respect, but to myself I am not amiable; but my friend is my amiableness personified.

Beauty is an understanding of what you have, and it's forgiving yourself of what you don't have, and appreciating all of it.

I'm excited to win a pole at Atlanta, one of the tracks you look forward to qualifying at every single year, and really happy to beat Ryan Newman, who is hard to beat here.

I love domestic life.

You're never allowed to step on people to get ahead, but you can step over them if they're in your way.

People can graduate from beauty school and know everything about white hair and nothing about African-American hair.