I would have a man generous to his country, his neighbors, his kindred, his friends, and most of all his poor friends. Not like some who are most lavish with those who are able to give most of them.

Hope is the pillar that holds up the world. Hope is the dream of a waking man.

The feasant hens of Colchis, which have two ears as it were consisting of feathers, which they will set up and lay down as they list.

It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth (In Vino Veritas).

The depth of darkness to which you can descend and still live is an exact measure of the height to which you can aspire to reach.

Why do we believe that in all matters the odd numbers are more powerful?

An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.

In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain.

From the end spring new beginnings.

Nature is to be found in her entirety nowhere more than in her smallest creatures.

In wine, there's truth.

Not long after we started working for him I asked Bernard if he thought Thatcher was evil, 'I said. 'He said it was like asking what jazz is.

Glasses are for people that sips instead of drinks.

I don't have a girlfriend but sometimes I like to pretend I do. I just stand in my apartment screaming No, that's not what I said!

Your taxes go way down under a Trump administration.

Waging war we understand, but not waging peace, or at any rate less consciously so.

I've been down in Florida since 1979. When you're born in Nebraska you really can't explain it.

Friendships aren't perfect and yet they are very precious. For me, not expecting perfection all in one place was a great release.

What most people don't seem to realize is that there is just as much money to be made out of the wreckage of a civilization as from the upbuilding of one.

No one in France cares if you tried to kill yourself. In fact, I think they like you better because you're all tragic.

Charity creates a multitude of sins.