Norwich is a very fine city, and the castle, which stands in the middle of it, on a hill, is truly majestic.

You never know what you can do till you try.

It is by attempting to reach the top at a single leap that so much misery is caused in the world.

Sit down to write what you have thought, and not to think what you shall write.

If the people of Sheffield could only receive a tenth part of what their knives sell for by retail in America, Sheffield might pave its streets with silver.

Men fail much oftener from want of perseverance than from want of talent.

Never esteem men on account of their riches or their station. Respect goodness, find it where you may.

Nothing is so well calculated to produce a death-like torpor in the country as an extended system of taxation and a great national debt.

The power which money gives is that of brute force; it is the power of the bludgeon and the bayonet.

I defy you to agitate any fellow with a full stomach.

Men of integrity are generally pretty obstinate, in adhering to an opinion once adopted.

You may reach the tree top, and seem to touch the sky, but know that the tree your resting on, is grounded and rooted in the soil, deep in the earth.

I do have a natural sense for business, which I think I get from my Dad.

Men spend the best parts of their lives earning money in order to enjoy a questionable liberty during the least valuable part of it.

Marriage is a good deal like taking a bath-not so hot once you get accustomed to it.

Lots of English people say exactly the opposite of what they mean.

Often times, I'm surprised by what I'm writing or what I'm playing, and then that inspires me to keep going with it, so it ends up being a very adventurous process.

Eroticism is like a dance: one always leads the other.

Bill Clinton is not my Commander in Chief.

Perhaps, if you knew you were going to die, your senses crammed in as much detail as they could while they still had the chance.

Business is a spiritual pursuit. Your business will not grow unless you grow as a person