When I get hold of a book I particularly admire, I am so enthusiastic that I loan it to someone who never brings it back.

A woman is as old as she looks before breakfast.

A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice.

People are always neglecting something they can do in trying to do something they can't do.

Many people would be more truthful were it not for their uncontrollable desire to talk.

About all some men accomplish in life is to send a son to Harvard.

A reasonable probability is the only certainty.

What people say behind your back is your standing in the community in which you live.

The man who can keep a secret may be wise, but he is not half as wise as the man with no secrets to keep

A modest man is usually admired - if people ever hear of him.

If you go to church and like the singing better than the preaching that's not orthodox.

And remember this most of all: when it is darkest, that is when you can see the stars most clearly.

To write is to transform that inward gaze into words, to study the worlds into which we pass when we retire into ourselves, and to do so with patience, obstinacy, and joy.

Every job leaves its residue, a bit of extra knowledge, a new skill-set.

My mum and dad have always enjoyed life, and it's something that's been instilled in me. I wake up in a good mood most mornings.

I am a hobbyist photographer so I relate to the visual arts that way, but Im not a painter.

A wise politician will never grudge a genuflexion or a rapture if it is expected of him by prevalent opinion.

I'm not a big fan of doing what my mother wants me to do, like any daughter.

The hopeless don't revolt, because revolution is an act of hope.

I think what teenagers lack is the belief that they can be unique and extraordinary in life. Make the most of your age because you're not going to be a teenager forever!

I had my family before I played football.