Wisely, and slow. They stumble that run fast.

Being unwanted, unloved, uncared for, forgotten by everybody, I think that is a much greater hunger, a much greater poverty than the person who has nothing to eat.

People think I'm a miserable sod but it's only because I get asked such bloody miserable questions.

Some newspapers are fit only to line the bottom of bird cages.

Certainty? In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.

After all, science is essentially international, and it is only through lack of the historical sense that national qualities have been attributed to it.

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

You can have anything in this world you want, if you want it badly enough and you're willing to pay the price.

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.

Dress shabbily and they remember the dress; dress impeccably and they remember the woman.

Any product that needs a manual to work is broken.

A good goal is like a strenuous exercise - it makes you stretch.

Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our deeds.

He who would accomplish little must sacrifice little; he who would achieve much must sacrifice much; he who would attain highly must sacrifice greatly.

To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best.

What is to give light must endure burning.

The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.

The future ain't what it used to be.

Patriotism is usually stronger than class hatred, and always stronger than internationalism.

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

The good times of today are the sad thoughts of tomorrow.