The Right Honourable gentleman is indebted to his memory for his jests and to his imagination for his facts.

He is the very pineapple of politeness.

A circulating library in a town is as an evergreen tree of diabolical knowledge.

When of a gossiping circle it was asked, "What are they doing?" The answer was, "Swapping lies.

An aspersion upon my parts of speech!

Won't you come into the garden? I would like my roses to see you.

A bumper of good liquor Will end a contest quicker Than justice, judge or vicar.

An unforgiving eye, and a damned disinheriting countenance!

Fertilizer does no good in a heap, but a little spread around works miracles all over.

Never say more than is necessary.

The surest way not to fail is to determine to succeed.

Dream your own dreams, achieve your own goals. Your journey is your own and unique.

There are no crash courses on ‘enlightenment’, you only crash in a course like that.

Entrepreneur, if you're going to start up, make sure you start up with excellence in mind

The jarring change going from an urban environment to an extremely remote natural environment is extremely inspiring. It's constantly stimulating, it's like a slap in the face.

I was determined to carve out a music of my own. I didn't want to copy anybody.

We commit two wrongs when we fail to right a wrong.

You need at least six or seven years to understand the philosophy and concentration of karate to know to clean your spirit of everything and dedicate your mind and body to the sport.

Home is where the books are

A land ethic for tomorrow should...stress the oneness of our resources and the live-and-help-live logic of the great chain of life.