The swifter hand doth the swift words outrun: Before the tongue hath spoke the hand hath done.

Life is not merely to be alive, but to be well.

Why do strong arms fatigue themselves with frivolous dumbbells? To dig a vineyard is worthier exercise for men.

The spirit of the individual is determined by his dominating thought habits.

There is nothing more revolting than an old busybody.

I would not miss your face, your neck, your hands, your limbs, your bosom and certain other of your charms. Indeed, not to become boring by naming them all, I could do without you, Chloe, altogether.

Rarity gives a charm; so early fruits and winter roses are the most prized; and coyness sets off an extravagant mistress, while the door always open tempts no suitor.

Each day provides its own gifts.

Tomorrow's life is too late. Live today.

Here's a rule of life: You don't get to pick what bad things happen to you

There is no living with thee, nor without thee.

Writers will happen in the best of families.

Man as a thief cannot enjoy life he can only steal, kill and destroy harmony of society.

God is as great in minuteness as He is in magnitude.

I was brought up west southwest coast of Scotland and my mother and father had a music shop, and so I was surrounded by pianos and drums and guitars, and music, of course.

If I have to be a monotheist, y'know pick one, I'm picking vodka, it goes well with everything, all occasions.

I believed that I was being forced to sacrifice my family and my career in defense of the Communist Party, from which I had long been separated and which I had grown to dislike and distrust.

Mr. [Richard M.] Nixon never has anything but hindsight.

Those who live by electronics die by electronics. Sic semper tyrannis.

We really shouldnt be running education like a supermarket where you compare prices.

The scale of global inequality is quite simply staggering.