We must not contradict, but instruct him that contradicts us; for a madman is not cured by another running mad also.

The most useful piece of learning for the uses of life is to unlearn what is untrue.

When brothers agree, no fortress is so strong as their common life.

There are only two people who can tell you the truth about yourself - an enemy who has lost his temper and a friend who loves you dearly.

Quarrels often arise in marriages when the bridal gifts are excessive.

It is better to fall in with crows than with flatterers; for in the one case you are devoured when dead, in the other case while alive.

As iron is eaten away by rust, so the envious are consumed by their own passion.

It is a royal privilege to do good and be ill spoken of.

Royalty does good and is badly spoken of.

Not to unlearn what you have learned is the most necessary kind of learning.

Pay attention to your enemies, for they are the first to discover your mistakes.

At night is when my mind comes alive.

Wrong partners cost much more money than bad financial investments.

And Clare, always Clare.

While we live, let us live.

It is a blessed thing to know that no power on earth, no temptation, no human frailty can dissolve what God holds together.

He hunched his shoulders and tried to make himself smaller in the seat. He wanted to disappear, to fade away, not to exist.

When I look at a body it gives me choice of what to put in a painting, what will suit me and what won't

It's not the falling down that counts. It's the getting up.

The purpose of a good education is to show you that there are three sides to a two-sided story.

There's only one boss in your life . . . and that's you! The person looking back in the mirror at you is the one you have to answer to every day.