There is no history worthy attention save that of free nations; the history of nations under the sway of despotism is no more than a collection of anecdotes.

A day without laughter is a day wasted.

Contemplation often makes life miserable. We should act more, think less, and stop watching ourselves live.

The sunset glow of self-possession.

There are more people who wish to be loved than there are who are willing to love.

The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.

The most wasted day of all is that on which we have not laughed.

The only thing that stops God from sending another flood is that the first one was useless.

Pleasure can be supported by an illusion; but happiness rests upon truth.

Intelligent people make many mistakes because they cannot believe the world is really as foolish as it is.

Society is divided into two classes, the shearers and the shorn.

You are the belle of the ball tonight.” He said as he moved in closer. “How can you be so sinfully beautiful Mrs. Norman?

Ask not for a lighter load but for broader shoulders

There's poetry in being the band that can sell out Wembley but also makes a record in a garage. I don't like doing what people expect me to do.

I'm not a particularly ideological person. There's things, some values I feel passionately about.

How easy it is to judge rightly after one sees what evil comes from judging wrongly!

Thank God, they cannot cut down the clouds!

All you have to do is read the business literature. In the 1930s they were very frightened and they were concerned about how the rising power of the masses was hazardous to industrialists.

The wise traveler learns not to repeat successes but tries new places all the time.

Don't plan without God. God seems to have a delightful way of upsetting the plans we have made, when we have not taken Him into account.

Am I really just a narcissist, Cause I wake up to a bowl of lobster bisque?