The man must have a rare recipe for melancholy, who can be dull in Fleet Street.

Cards are war, in disguise of a sport.

All, all are gone, the old familiar faces.

The greatest pleasure I know, is to do a good action by stealth, and to have it found out by accident.

Here cometh April again, and as far as I can see the world hath more fools in it than ever.

I always arrive late at the office, but I make up for it by leaving early.

How some they have died, and some they have left me, And some are taken from me; all are departed; All, all are gone, the old familiar faces.

I have had playmates, I have had companions; In my days of childhood, in my joyful school days - All, all are gone, the old familiar faces.

A poor relation—is the most irrelevant thing in nature.

How convalescence shrinks a man back to his pristine stature! where is now the space, which he occupied so lately, in his own, in the family's eye?

For God's sake (I never was more serious) don't make me ridiculous any more by terming me gentle-hearted in print.

When everything flows into place ? washes dry tonally correct, crisp and sparkling, the light scheme is sound and the "accidentals" are all happy ones ? I'm temporarily in a euphoric state.

A woman must be nursed into subsistence by love, where a man can become stronger by being hated." - from 'Cows in Art Class

True enlightenment is nothing but the nature of one's own self being fully realized.

When people clap for me I say, don't clap for me, clap for what God has done.

The law and medicine should be very serious professions to undertake, should they not? People's lives and fortunes depend on them.

Everything was strange and beautiful and swollen with possibilities.

Everything is about accountability to the American people, accountability of the executive branch ... [and] accountability of the oversight of the Congress.

Completing a recovery session the day after a game is just as important. I like to go for a walk or a swim and have a stretch

No, I don't belong to a retirement community.

To all the boys who inspired this album: You should've known. ;)