Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of.

A Penny Saved is a Penny Earned.

Well done is better than well said.

The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance.

You can do anything you set your mind to.

Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today.

Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.

Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship.

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.

If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some.

War is when the government tells you who the bad guy is. Revolution is when you decide that for yourself.

Our faster than ever evolution has resulted in our undermining certain incredibly important aspects of humanity—like our sleep.

Do you know my friend that each one of us is a dark mystery, a maze of conflicting passions and desire and aptitudes?

As a society, we've become terrified of failure, but you can't grow without risking it.

Reward is its own virtue.

Politics will sooner or later make fools of everybody.

I have always loved music.

Tories never actually talk about getting rid of their leader, then suddenly there us a flash of steel between he shoulder-blades and rigormortis sets in.

The one thing you can bet is that spying is never over. Spying is like the wiring in this building: It's just a question of who takes it over and switches on the lights. It will go on and on and on.

Indeed, one modern President abjured God altogether, ending speeches with a chaste 'Thank you very much.' This was Jimmy Carter, the most genuinely devout President of the postwar period.

When my father arrived in Kenya, he had found the Kikuyu way of life similar to that of the British at the time the Romans invaded England 2,000 years ago.