The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flower.

Variety's the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor.

Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no more.

...So let us welcome peaceful evening in.

An idler is a watch that wants both hands; As useless if it goes as when it stands.

Grief is itself a medicine.

How various his employments whom the world Calls idle; and who justly in return Esteems that busy world an idler too!

Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men; Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.

God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform. He plants his footsteps in the sea, and rides upon the storm.

I pity them greatly, but I must be mum, for how could we do without sugar and rum?

Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too.

I believe that there is an equality to all humanity. We all suck.

The Marines are like my West Highland Terrier. They get up every morning, they want to dig a hole, and they want to kill something.

I think for the last fifteen, twenty years or so, Hollywood has underestimated the appeal of the Western. I think there is still a huge market.

For what you do to others, you do to yourself.

I scowled defensively. "My conversations don't usually include the subject of erections." "Too bad," he said. "All the best conversations do.

Making art is like humour - very moment dependent.

At the front of my home, in the garden, is a huge piece of clear quartz.

I love to ride my bike, which is great aerobics, but also just a great time for me to think, so it's like this terrific double bill.

If ignorance is indeed bliss, it is a very low grade of the article.

I wrote three books, I had three greenhouses. It seemed to me to be very satisfactory.