What Great Britain calls the Far East is to us the near north.

It is a simple but sometimes forgotten truth that the greatest enemy to present joy and high hopes is the cultivation of retrospective bitterness.

More good things in life are lost by indifference than ever were lost by active hostility.

A man may be a tough, concentrated, successful money-maker and never contribute to his country anything more than a horrible example.

I did but see her passing by and yet I love her till I die.

When people meet my wife they think better of me. They say: "With a wife like that, he can't be as bad as we thought".

Thinking ahead, what really happens to us will depend on how many people we have who are of the great and sober and dynamic middle-class - the strivers, the planners, the ambitious ones.

Never forget posterity when devising a policy. Never think of posterity when making a speech.

"I pay my taxes," says somebody, as if that were an act of virtue instead of one of compulsion.

One thing about bureaucrats is that they never swallow their young. Leave them alone and you'll find them increasing every year.

One speaks with great respect of economists, if only because they represent such a variety of opinions.

When storms come, we naturally want to run. What might happen in your friendship if you learned instead to stay put when storm hit?

For a woman's words to wound would require a man to listen first!

Never trust anyone Daniel, especially the people you admire

A thought comes when it will, not when I will.

I am very much enjoying the fatherhood phase of my life.

Philosophers are in the habit of setting themselves before life and experience.

Acting and theatrics are my forte.

My life is going to change. I feel it.

To be merry best becomes you; for, out of question, you were born in a merry hour.