Of one thing I am certain, the body is not the measure of healing, peace is the measure.

A hobby a day keeps the doldrums away.

Sometimes I have a notion that what might improve the situation is to have women take over the occupations of government and trade and to give men their freedom.

Those wearing Tolerance for a label call other views intolerable.

A mother's hardest to forgive. Life is the fruit she longs to hand you Ripe on a plate. And while you live, Relentlessly she understands you.

Seventy is wormwood, Seventy is gall But its better to be seventy, Than not alive at all.

Words can sting like anything, but silence breaks the heart.

Borrow my umbrellas, my clothes, my money, and I will likely not think of them again. But borrow my books and I will be on your track like a bloodhound until they are returned.

In Australia, not reading poetry is the national pastime.

Stir the eggnog, lift the toddy, Happy New Year everybody.

This is the gist of what I know: Give advice and buy a foe.

The joy you find as a teen, however frivolous and dumb, is pure and meaningful.

Any political party that undertakes to do it will, in God's name, be trampled, as it ought to be trampled, into the dust of condemnation, now and in the future.

People are generally better persuaded by the reasons which they have themselves discovered than by those which have come in to the mind of others.

Fish," he said, "I love you and respect you very much. But I will kill you dead before this day ends.

Leaders exhibit two essential characteristics, the willingness to confront adversity and a clearly articulated future preference.

It's important to watch what you eat. Otherwise, how are you going to get it into your mouth ?

My fear is that, had I stayed in Jersey, I would have become Snooki because I'm just a bottle of hair dye away.

Africa’s story has been written by others; we need to own our problems and solutions and write our story.

Spontaneity is an infinite number of rehearsed possibilities.

Be good at something. It makes you valuable.