I pity them greatly, but I must be mum, for how could we do without sugar and rum?

Variety's the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor.

Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no more.

...So let us welcome peaceful evening in.

An idler is a watch that wants both hands; As useless if it goes as when it stands.

Grief is itself a medicine.

How various his employments whom the world Calls idle; and who justly in return Esteems that busy world an idler too!

Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men; Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.

God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform. He plants his footsteps in the sea, and rides upon the storm.

Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too.

And hast thou sworn on every slight pretence, Till perjuries are common as bad pence, While thousands, careless of the damning sin, Kiss the book's outside, who ne'er look'd within?

It's hard to soar with the eagles when you're surrounded by turkeys.

INDIFFERENT, adj. Imperfectly sensible to distinctions among things.

What is difficult? To keep a secret, to employ leisure well, to be able to bear an injury.

It is very difficult to make one's way in this world without being wicked at one time or another, when the world's way is so wicked to being with.

I don't believe so much in the value of a single picture anymore. I don't really photograph for the wall.

Being able to fantasize for a couple of days at being a rock singer surpassed most things I've done on stage.

Oh, well, there's a difference between privacy and secrecy.

What foolsmiddle-classgirls are to expect other people to respect the same gods as themselves and E M Forster.

You should never be comfortable, man. Being comfortable fouled up a lot of musicians.

Courage is like a strain of yoghurt culture, if you have some you can have some more.