There never was a good war, or a bad peace.

A Penny Saved is a Penny Earned.

Well done is better than well said.

The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance.

You can do anything you set your mind to.

Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today.

Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.

Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship.

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.

If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some.

War is when the government tells you who the bad guy is. Revolution is when you decide that for yourself.

My experience is that many things are not as bad as I thought they would be.

Victory is a good wine

Just imagine how interesting it would be if I were to publish a romance of the "Secret Annexe." The title alone would be enough to make people think it was a detective story.

The English people on the whole are surely the nicest people in the world, and everybody makes everything so easy for everyone else, that there is almost nothing to resist at all.

I love the excesses of beauty, there is never enough sunlight in the world I will live in, never enough room for love.

Don't bother asking God for answers about life. Most likely you're asking the wrong questions.

Before I had children I always wondered whether their births would be, for me, like the ultimate in gym class failures. And I discovered instead... that I'd finally found my sport.

Sometimes performing someone else's song is more difficult than writing your own.

I stare out the window and wait for spring.

I have to shut down from other artists, because otherwise I end up giving them my stories.