What clever man has ever needed to commit a crime? Crime is the last resort of political half-wits.

Black as the devil, hot as hell, pure as an angel, sweet as love.

Espresso is to Italy, what champagne is to France.

A woman will sometimes forgive the man who tries to seduce her, but never the man who misses an opportunity when offered.

Society is divided into two classes: the shearers and the shorn. We should always be with the former against the latter.

Never speak ill of yourself, your friends will always say enough on that subject.

Since the masses are always eager to believe something, for their benefit nothing is so easy to arrange as facts.

I found there a country with thirty-two religions and only one sauce.

The art of putting the right men in the right places is first in the science of government; but that of finding places for the discontented is the most difficult.

Only a man who has loved a woman of genius can appreciate what happiness there is in loving a fool.

God gave humans language so they could conceal their thoughts from one another.

You may not attain the highest height with one leap but my dear you will reach your destination.

All religions are equally sublime to the ignorant, useful to the politician, and ridiculous to the philosopher.

God knows we all have to at least try to justify our behavior so we don't feel too guilty about it later.

Of all the things you can now do, which do you choose to do?

I did the Kilimanjaro climb a few years ago, then the six-day trek to Machu Picchu in Peru so this bike ride to raise money for Great Ormond Street seemed like the next big challenge.

In every man sleeps a prophet, and when he wakes there is a little more evil in the world.

I never forget that I'm extremely fortunate.

As Herman Melville wrote of that seagoing monster of a man Captain Ahab, “All mortal greatness is but disease.

Those are the magical songwriting moments, when you have a partner that clicks like that. That's a dream come true, man.

I'll be back. I'll be black. I'll be white black.