When I am not walking, I am reading. I cannot sit and think.

Cards are war, in disguise of a sport.

All, all are gone, the old familiar faces.

The greatest pleasure I know, is to do a good action by stealth, and to have it found out by accident.

Here cometh April again, and as far as I can see the world hath more fools in it than ever.

I always arrive late at the office, but I make up for it by leaving early.

How some they have died, and some they have left me, And some are taken from me; all are departed; All, all are gone, the old familiar faces.

I have had playmates, I have had companions; In my days of childhood, in my joyful school days - All, all are gone, the old familiar faces.

A poor relation—is the most irrelevant thing in nature.

How convalescence shrinks a man back to his pristine stature! where is now the space, which he occupied so lately, in his own, in the family's eye?

For God's sake (I never was more serious) don't make me ridiculous any more by terming me gentle-hearted in print.

Life becomes empty if we fill it with worthless thoughts and deeds.

If you want more opportunities you have to become an opportunity for others. As you advance yourself your opportunities advance too.

My father would have been made a bishop much earlier than he was had it not been for me and my image.

The elderly have so much to offer. They're our link with history.

Anytime we're interacting with someone, we're judging them, we're sharing expectations, we think they didn't live up to those expectations.

I prioritise my time so what needs to be done, gets done.

Living life is a choice. Making a difference in someone else's isn't.

The supreme task is to organize and unite people so that their anger becomes a transforming force.

During critical periods, a leader is not allowed to feel sorry for himself, to be down, to be angry, or to be weak. Leaders must beat back these emotions

I suppose I was much more serious-minded in the '70s and '80s.