[Prudence] replaces [strength] by saving the man who has the misfortune of not possessing it from most occasions when it's needed.

A day without laughter is a day wasted.

Contemplation often makes life miserable. We should act more, think less, and stop watching ourselves live.

The sunset glow of self-possession.

There are more people who wish to be loved than there are who are willing to love.

The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.

The most wasted day of all is that on which we have not laughed.

The only thing that stops God from sending another flood is that the first one was useless.

Pleasure can be supported by an illusion; but happiness rests upon truth.

Intelligent people make many mistakes because they cannot believe the world is really as foolish as it is.

Society is divided into two classes, the shearers and the shorn.

We are homeless enough in this world under the best of circumstances without going to any special effort to test our capacity to be more so.

I remember a moment when the Prince went back to his old school, Grammar School in Melbourne, and slightly to his horror his old music teacher produced a cello.

Well, I'm not afraid to say something if I think it's funny, even if it's harsh or racist.

There are nine orders of angels, to wit, angels, archangels, virtues, powers, principalities, dominations, thrones, cherubim, and seraphim

The Arts' position in the school curriculum symbolizes to the young what adults believe is important.

Soul or Intelligence destined to possess the sense of Identity.

Good leaders reach solutions, and then stop. They do not dare to rely on force.

Culture, the acquainting ourselves with the best that has been known and said in the world, and thus with the history of the human spirit.

All good ideas arrive by chance.

When you hear a word, think about it, no matter how dull it sounds! Because on the second thought, it may sound very clever!