Patience is the key to any battle.

Persuade thyself that imperfection and inconvenience are the natural lot of mortals, and there will be no room for discontent, neither for despair.

To come to know your enemy, first you must become his friend, and once you become his friend, all his defences come down. Then you can choose the most fitting method for his demise.

There are seven emotions: joy, anger, anxiety, adoration, grief, fear, and hate, and if a man does not give way to these he can be called patient.

Life is like unto a long journey with a heavy burden.

Remember, slow and steady wins the race.

Little Bird if you do not sing for me, I will wait for you

When ambitious desires arise in thy heart, recall the days of extremity thou have passed through. Forbearance is the root of all quietness and assurance forever.

Give the peasants neither life nor death.

After victory, tighten the cords of your helmet.

Let thy step be slow and steady, that thou stumble not.

Every head should be cultivated.

If he was an inch taller he'd be the best center half in Britain. His father is 6 ft 2 in - I'd check the milkman.

Nobody can make you angry without your consent, nobody can disappoint you without your consent, you have to give people consent to do these things.

Going back to Georgiana Drew and John Drew, and my great-grandfather Maurice Barrymore, and it was such a sort of circus of odd, interesting people that loved acting.

The object of reflection is invariably the discovery of something satisfying to the mind which was not there at the beginning of the search.

Golf requires only a few simple Rules and Regulations to guide the players in the true nature of its sporting appeal. The spirit of the game is its own referee.

Never miss a chance to keep your mouth shut.

Improvisation helps because you get what's on the page and you make it a little more palatable to your tongue. And that's the beauty of creating and being spontaneous. That's the way I love to work.

The Bishop has a skin, God knows, Wrinkled like the foot of a goose, (All find safety in the tomb.) Nor can he hide in holy black The heron's hunch upon his back, But a birch-tree stood my Jack.

Diplomacy is the art of telling plain truths without giving offense.