It is a simple but sometimes forgotten truth that the greatest enemy to present joy and high hopes is the cultivation of retrospective bitterness.

More good things in life are lost by indifference than ever were lost by active hostility.

A man may be a tough, concentrated, successful money-maker and never contribute to his country anything more than a horrible example.

I did but see her passing by and yet I love her till I die.

When people meet my wife they think better of me. They say: "With a wife like that, he can't be as bad as we thought".

What Great Britain calls the Far East is to us the near north.

Thinking ahead, what really happens to us will depend on how many people we have who are of the great and sober and dynamic middle-class - the strivers, the planners, the ambitious ones.

Never forget posterity when devising a policy. Never think of posterity when making a speech.

"I pay my taxes," says somebody, as if that were an act of virtue instead of one of compulsion.

One thing about bureaucrats is that they never swallow their young. Leave them alone and you'll find them increasing every year.

One speaks with great respect of economists, if only because they represent such a variety of opinions.

We are flawed creatures with explosive feelings that subconsciously aspire to be non-violent sociopaths.

In battle it is the cowards who run the most risk bravery is a rampart of defense.

Once you're halfway home, you know that you can probably get the rest of the way there.

It's in my wheelhouse to be creepy, as a person.

You never forget where you were when you write a song; it's a very proper memory, so I knew exactly where I was and what I was doing for each track. It was like going into a time machine.

God is not a symbol of goodness; goodness is a symbol of God

Your attitude is either your best friend or your worst enemy, your greatest asset or your greatest liability

I don't hear record companies coming up with any good ideas or suggestions. Historically, if it ain't their idea, it ain't no good, so you got that to contend with.

There is a vast difference between taking a picture and making a photograph.

"This is old, therefore it is good"; the other says, "This is new, therefore it is better."