There's night and day, brother, both sweet things; sun, moon, and stars, brother, all sweet things; there's likewise a wind on the heath. Life is very sweet, brother; who would wish to die?

Translation is at best an echo.

If you must commit suicide ... always contrive to do it as decorously as possible; the decencies, whether of life or of death, should never be lost sight of.

There are no countries in the world less known by the British than those selfsame British Islands.

Good ale, the true and proper drink of Englishmen. He is not deserving of the name of Englishman who speaketh against ale, that is good ale.

We must walk before we run.

Youth will be served, every dog has his day, and mine has been a fine one.

It has been said that idleness is the parent of mischief, which is very true; but mischief itself is merely an attempt to escape from the dreary vacuum of idleness.

A losing trade, I assure you, sir: literature is a drug.

Never ride your horse more than five-and-thirty miles a day, always taking more care of him than of yourself; which is right and reasonable, seeing as how the horse is the best animal of the two.

I am invariably of the politics of the people at whose table I sit, or beneath whose roof I sleep.

If you’re always looking back at what you’ve lost, you’ll never discover the treasure that lies just up ahead.

What the hell is instant? Nothing is instant. Instant rice takes five minutes, instant pudding in an hour.

A state of war only serves as an excuse for domestic tyranny.

Bad news, it's going to be a huge environmental disaster, the oil rig down there in the Gulf of Mexico. The good news is they think now that the oil spill will be diluted by the melting ice caps.

I've chosen to stay in a jolly place for most of my life, and that is a lot of who I am.

I’ve seen - both in myself and my competitors - how satisfaction can lead to a lack of vigilance, then to mistakes and missed opportunities.

There are so many things that go into casting that you just never know.

If life were a novel, then dead would mark the end of the first chapter.

Let go of resentment, for it will hold you back. Do not worry about what could've been, what is to come is what matters.

I love hard punch lines, and I like anything that has a strong point of view.