The power is detested, and miserable the life, of him who wishes to be feared rather than to be loved.

No government is safe unless fortified by goodwill.

After darkness comes the light.

That evil can never be great which is the last.

No evil is great if it is the last.

No government is safe unless it is protected by the good will of the people.

Tasteful rather than expensive.

Peace is obtained by war.

In friendship similarity of character has more weight than kinship.

So that he seemed not to relinquish life, but to leave one home for another.

Prayer is spirituality of the soul.

We must expect to fail... but fail in a learning posture, determined no to repeat the mistakes, and to maximize the benefits from what is learned in the process.

I wouldn't say I was bullied per se, but I did get a lot of unwanted attention because I was musical and stood out. In school you don't want to stand out; you want to blend in.

It's the weird thing Eton does - you're at school next to lords and earls and, in my case, Prince William, so you end up being used to dealing with those sorts of people.

It might work with one orchestra, and the next orchestra - the oboe player might not get it. It's different every time, but some of the orchestras do end up enjoying it and having a great time.

It is much easier to repent of sins that we have committed than to repent of those that we intend to commit.

The qualities in music which I considered most important - and still do - were beauty, simplicity, originality, discrimination, and sincerity.

Other people have analysis. I have Utah.

I didn't grow up thinking of movies as film, or art, but as movies, something to do on a Saturday afternoon.

Deliver me, O Lord, from that evil man, myself.