What good can come from meeting death with tears? If a man Is sorry for himself, he doubles death.

One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives.

Friends show their love in times of trouble, not in happiness.

Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.

Do not plan for ventures before finishing what's at hand.

Better a serpent than a stepmother!

Love is all we have, the only way that each can help the other.

Short is the joy that guilty pleasure brings.

Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday. Tragedy isn't getting something or failure to get it; it's losing something you already have. Waste not fresh tears over old griefs.

Real friendship is shown in times of trouble; prosperity is full of friends.

Silence and chaste reserve is woman's genuine praise, and to remain quiet within the house.

How far should a person go in the name of true love?

To educate man is to give him a liberty for life.

Religion allows people to ignore the needs of real beings in favour of the supposed wishes ofa being that does not exist.

Mankind has a divine duty, to be stewardship of the natural resources.

Heaven is going to be like this life, only better. It will be like this life with all its joys and beauties and pleasures, but without the drawbacks - with all the assets but none of the liabilities.

The idea that the GLC should be abolished at a stroke is ill though out, undemocratic and will cost the people of London dear.

[On plastic surgery:] When I die, God won't know me. There are no two parts of my body the same age.

Money is a poor indicator of success.

The fact of the matter is that I've enjoyed the competition in life and the business of life; I've enjoyed all that goes with it.

That's my approach to makeup in general, highlight something, what you love about yourself, but don't cover anything up, or distract from what you actually look like.