Religion is a way of walking not a way of talking.

What is originality? Undetected plagiarism.

Let none of us delude himself by supposing that honesty is always the best policy. It is not.

A good government remains the greatest of human blessings and no nation has ever enjoyed it.

Anxiety is the interest paid on trouble before it is due.

The proper time to influence the character of a child is about 100 years before he is born.

Public opinion: a vulgar impertinent anonymous tyrant who deliberately makes life unpleasant for any one of us who is not content to be the average man.

There are two kinds of fools: one says 'This is old therefore it is good' the other says 'This is new therefore it is better.'

It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favour of vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion.

The enemies of Freedom do not argue they shout and they shoot.

It is said that Mr. Gladstone could persuade most people of most things and himself of anything.

Those who waste time eventually become wasted

Thus it is that in war the victorious strategist only seeks battle after the victory has been won, whereas he who is destined to defeat first fights and afterwards looks for victory.

Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.

I was born in Brazil, I was an American citizen for about 10 years. I thought of myself as a global citizen.

History proves nothing because it contains everything.

I am constantly thinking ahead to what I want to write about in the future, and when I'm done with one project, I give myself a little time and then start the next one.

I have the most ridiculous TV crush on Michael McIntyre. I fell in love watching him on 'Britain's Got Talent'.

You just can't take the doctor out of you.

Each divorce is the death of a small civilization.

So we'll live, And pray, and sing, and tell old tales, and laugh at gilded butterflies.