Who the hell wants fourteen pairs of shoes when they go on holiday? I haven't had fourteen pairs in my life.

The thing I lose patience with the most is the clock. Its hands move too fast

If a little is great, and a lot is better, then way too much is just about right!

Learn to give, whether you have plenty or little, whether you are happy or in pain.

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

Authority, without any condition and reservation, belongs to the nation.

A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one.

The mystery of the beginning of all things is insoluble by us; and I for one must be content to remain an agnostic

Quote me as saying I was mis-quoted.

There is the view that poetry should improve your life. I think people confuse it with the Salvation Army.

I used to desire many, many things, but now I have just one desire, and thats to get rid of all my other desires.

What's with you men? Would hair stop growing on your chest if you asked directions somewhere?

The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.

The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew.

Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.

When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.

There is more to sex appeal than just measurements. I don't need a bedroom to prove my womanliness. I can convey just as much sex appeal, picking apples off a tree or standing in the rain.

A man of honour should never forget what he is because he sees what others are.

Our greatest foes - and whom we must chiefly combat - are within.

To the young people I say, you are a gift to your communities and indeed the world. You are our hope and our future.

Laziness never arrived at the attainment of a good wish.