There is no society, however free and democratic, where wealth will not create an aristocracy.

How many of us have been attracted to reason; first learned to think, to draw conclusions, to extract a moral from the follies of life, by some dazzling aphorism.

The conscience is the most flexible material in the world. Today you cannot stretch it over a mole hill; while tomorrow it can hide a mountain.

He who writes prose builds his temple to Fame in rubble; he who writes verses builds it in granite.

Genius is but fine observation strengthened by fixity of purpose.

Men are valued, not for what they are, but for what they seem to be.

A fresh mind keeps the body fresh. Take in the ideas of the day, drain off those of yesterday.

A good cigar is as great a comfort to a man as a good cry to a woman.

Punctuality is the stern virtue of men of business, and the graceful courtesy of princes.

Love has no thought of self! Love buys not with the ruthless usurer's gold The loathsome prostitution of a hand Without a heart! Love sacrifices all things To bless the thing it loves!

A fresh mind keeps the body fresh.

Those who love you the most, let you bend your notes

Youth is like a fickle girlfriend. We can't understand or value her until she goes off with someone else, never to return.

A curse burns bright on crime.

I have been up against tough competition all my life. I wouldn't know how to get along without it.

There is nothing evil save that which perverts the mind and shackles the conscience.

If you always want to look relevant, just be CGI-prepared.

After six or seven performances of any song, you begin to perform it rather than feel it.

The person you admire was true to himself. You can only truly honour him by being true to yourself.

I was going home two hours ago, but was met by Mr. Griffith, who has kept me ever since. . . . I will come within a pint of wine.

Most of the time our events aren't in the papers and they're not televised, so people don't know when we're competing.