Some one has said of a fine and honorable old age, that it was the childhood of immortality.

Midas, they say, possessed the art of old; Of turning whatsoe'er he touch'd to gold; This modern statesmen can reverse with ease - Touch them with gold, they'll turn to what you please.

Every gift, though it be small, is in reality great if given with affection.

The greatest men May ask a foolish question, now and then.

Enjoy thy stream, O harmless fish; And when an angler for his dish, Through gluttony's vile sin, Attempts, the wretch, to pull thee out, God give thee strength, O gentle trout, To pull the rascal in!

People may have too much of a good thing: Full as an egg of wisdom thus I sing.

It is money makes the mare to trot.

What rage for fame attends both great and small! Better be damned than mentioned not at all.

The turnpike road to people's hearts, I find, Lies through their mouths or I mistake mankind.

To wear long faces, just as if our Maker, The God of goodness, was an undertaker.

No, let the monarch's bags and others hold The flattering, mighty, nay, al-mighty gold.

There's more to good or bad than what's written in the Rulebook.

Live each day with a grateful gratitude.

Human crises have a way of happening at inconvenient times.

If I dismiss the ordinary—waiting for the special, the extreme, the extraordinary to happen - I may just miss my life.

It was 1967, and the hippie thing was happening. I got into experimenting with drugs while I was in college in Michigan.

I guess I'm used to seeing actors, but rock musicians still hold a special magic for me.

I feel it's like being a kid and dressing up, because that's what Baby Jane is.

I take having a kids' show real seriously. I think it's an enormous responsibility.

I watched Italia '90 with my Mum and Dad and my brother, you know, leaping around the house when the penalties were on... It would be great to be part of that, to have that kind of impact.

For too long already we have talked about man; let us finally talk about God again.