The only thing that ever consoles man for the stupid things he does is the praise he always gives himself for doing them.

The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one.

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.

Always forgive your enemies nothing annoys them so much.

It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.

Everyone may not be good, but there's always something good in everyone. Never judge anyone shortly because every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

Be yourself; everyone else is taken.

Women are made to be loved, not understood.

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.

Why is love intensified by absence?

A father is a man who fails every day.

As a bird with beautiful feathers is the target of hunters, so the gifted are targets of the envious.

Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties and so -bear ourselves that if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years men will still say "This was their finest hour."

I’m not in this sport to see how hard I can get hit or to see how many big punches I can take. I am in this game to fight as long as I can. I am trying to dish a lot of punishment.

Practice is the path of mastery.

World peace and brotherhood are based on a common understanding of the contributions and cultures of all races and creeds

I learned there's a tremendous amount of sisterhood among Muslim women, which I thought was really beautiful.

May the Lord array thee in the garment of salvation and surround thee with the cloak of happiness.

'Tis thought the king is dead; we will not stay. The bay trees in our country are all wither'd.