No, let the monarch's bags and others hold The flattering, mighty, nay, al-mighty gold.

Midas, they say, possessed the art of old; Of turning whatsoe'er he touch'd to gold; This modern statesmen can reverse with ease - Touch them with gold, they'll turn to what you please.

Every gift, though it be small, is in reality great if given with affection.

The greatest men May ask a foolish question, now and then.

Enjoy thy stream, O harmless fish; And when an angler for his dish, Through gluttony's vile sin, Attempts, the wretch, to pull thee out, God give thee strength, O gentle trout, To pull the rascal in!

People may have too much of a good thing: Full as an egg of wisdom thus I sing.

It is money makes the mare to trot.

What rage for fame attends both great and small! Better be damned than mentioned not at all.

The turnpike road to people's hearts, I find, Lies through their mouths or I mistake mankind.

To wear long faces, just as if our Maker, The God of goodness, was an undertaker.

Some one has said of a fine and honorable old age, that it was the childhood of immortality.

You can hear my dreams? God, you must never get any quiet. I'd be shooting myself in the head if I were you.

You know there's no such thing as a complete lie. There's always some truth in there.

It is better to deserve honours and not have them than to have them and not deserve them.

One of the virtues of being very young is that you don't let the facts get in the way of your imagination.

I'd like to get more involved in that world. I'm better when I'm teamed up with an experienced writer - when I potentially have someone guiding me. But I'm getting involved and I'm learning a lot.

I´m not a wandering slave, I am a woman of choice

I was a weirdo to want to be in show business. Most kids wanted to be teachers or nurses.

You also have to get beyond that to dismantle the system of production for profit rather than production for use. That means dismantling at least large parts of market systems.

Architecture is measured against the past, you build in the present, and try to imagine the future.