A man's real possession is his memory. In nothing else is he rich, in nothing else is he poor.

Love is but the discovery of ourselves in others, and the delight in the recognition.

The man who in this world can keep the whiteness of his soul is not likely to lose it in any other.

Trees are your best antiques

Christmas is the day that holds all time together.

Stirling, like a huge brooch, clasps Highlands and Lowlands together.

Vanity in its idler moments is benevolent, is as willing to give pleasure as to take it, and accepts as sufficient reward for its services a kind word or an approving smile.

A man gazing at the stars is proverbially at the mercy of the puddles in the road.

In the entire circle of the year there are no days so delightful as those of a fine October.

If you wish to preserve your secret, wrap it up in frankness.

If you do your fair day's work, you are certain to get your fair day's wage - in praise or pudding, whichever happens to suit your taste.

Women have fought so long and hard for our rights and equality, and now all our attention is put on being a size 0.

Somebody asked me the question not too long ago: 'Dave, do you think the music business has turned corrupt.' I said: 'Absolutely not - it has always been corrupt.'

You are in a state of mixing, and you just live with it. There is not one musician who is completely happy with a mix.

So many people that I've seen can't get clean water. It's a crime.

Rogues are always found out in some way. Whoever is a wolf will act like a wolf, that is most certain.

I have a Volvo S60R and its a pretty fast car, the R says it all.

If the enemy stays spirited it is difficult to crush him.

I love producing shows. And so when you're on a show where other people are making decisions you don't necessarily agree with it, after a while you start to feel like a passenger.

There's also these moments when you're like, oh, I really want to do different things. Not instead of this show [The Big Bang Theory]. It's just a hunger to do something else, too.

How others treat me is their path; how I react is mine.