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

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.

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.

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.

Waiting for things to happen is like daydreaming. To break out of that cycle, you must be willing to take the first small step.

Marriage is sacred intimacy.

Choice of attention ... is to the inner life what choice of action is to the outer. In both cases a man is responsible for his choice and must accept the consequences whatever they may be.

The idea that trials are a search for the truth is just a myth. Trials are a search for that which the jury will believe is the truth.

I think all those rules are boring. About what people can and can't wear. Surely everyone should be able to wear whatever they like?

Patient waiting is often the highest way of doing God's will.

There are so many of us that just do things to pay bills, but I never wanted that to be me.

The unthinkable occurred: two communist countries went to war with each other.

The juggle of sophistry consists, for the most part, in using a word in one sense in all the premises, and in another sense in the conclusion.

though he does not touch me, he steadies me.