Neither man nor woman can be worth anything until they have discovered that they are fools. The sooner the discovery is made the better, as there is more time and power for taking advantage of it.

Be not over solicitous about education. It may be able to do much, but it does not do as much as expected from it. It may mould and direct the character, but it rarely alters it.

Nobody ever did anything very foolish except from some strong principle.

That is no use at all. What I want is men who will support me when I am in the wrong.

It doesn't matter what we say , so long as we all say the same thing.

It is not much matter which we say, but mind, we must all say the same.

What all the wise men promised has not happened and what all the dammed fools said would happen has come to pass.

While I cannot be regarded as a pillar, I must be regarded as a buttress of the church, because I support it from outside.

I wish I was as cocksure of anything as Tom Macaulay is of everything.

What I like about the Order of the Garter is that there is no damned merit about it.

A doctrinaire is a fool but an honest man.

It is only through my daughter that I have come to realise that a life without femininity – devoid of mystery, emotion, gentleness and the unerring power of a woman’s love – is no life at all.

They laughed.They kissed.They loved.

There is a very good chance I could have been a screw-up for the rest of my life.

We all draw a little and compose a little, and none of us have any idea of time or money.

A day hemmed in prayer is less likely to unravel.

The team should have implicit confidence in the captain's decisions.

Suspense is worst than disappointment.

If we're going to fight a disease, let's fight one of the most terrible diseases of all, indifference.

Music, I think, is best when it honestly explores personal demons, and it stirs around in the silt of the psyche to find out what's really there.

I really love playing music with other people. It's more fun to be on the road with others. It's kind of lonely out there when you play on your own!