Strive to be the best and you may succeed: he may well win the race that runs by himself.

A Penny Saved is a Penny Earned.

Well done is better than well said.

The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance.

You can do anything you set your mind to.

Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today.

Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.

Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship.

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.

If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some.

War is when the government tells you who the bad guy is. Revolution is when you decide that for yourself.

Call it anything else if you will—fear, anxiety, nervousness, sweating—but “shyness” is the historic word for it.

The moon is a poem in a starry night.

I just want to be in good things that I want to see, and I want to work with talented people who are smarter than myself.

Well, I suppose I've never really had a lifestyle that needs upkeep. I don't get cabs; I'm on the Tube with my Oyster card.

For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; it is he who will save us.

Drama comes more naturally to me. It's the comedy you really have to delve into.

I've got "Sometimers." Sometimes I remember and sometimes I forget.

Every Tory is a coward; for servile, slavish, self-interested fear is the foundation of Toryism; and a man under such influence, though he may be cruel, never can be brave.

If you have no authority to legislate my freedoms, then I'm truly free, at least from you.