Some people have a perfect genius for doing nothing and doing it assiduously.

Death and taxes are inevitable.

Circumstances alter cases.

To carry care to bed is to sleep with a pack on your back.

No man is rich whose expenditure exceeds his means and no one is poor whose incomings exceed his outgoings.

Women forgive injuries but never forget slights.

Devise some creed, and live it, beyond theirs, Or I shall think you but their spendthrift heirs.

You must capture and keep the heart of the original and supremely able man before his brain can do its best.

[To Parliament, when it urged her to marry and settle the succession:] You attend to your own duties and I'll perform mine.

I played recorder in assembly, then I became passionate about the guitar, I don't know why. I started on electric then moved to acoustic - my brother was playing bass in the next room.

You have to be more picky with jobs when you're at school because you can't miss crucial times and put your education in jeopardy for things that aren't worth it at the time.

When the Christian loses himself, he finds himself, he discovers his true identity.

When Grease and Fame came out, people thought they were cheesy.

I've got so much I want to do, and not a lot of time to do it in. People say to me, "You really shouldn't do so many records", because it actually harms your career.

what is sought by means of free choice is to make room for merits.

I try to tell people that just because you're buff and cut doesn't mean you're healthy.