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

Forewarned, forearmed. To be prepared is half the victory.

You are like my little dog; when people see you, they know I am nearby.

Like religion, politics, and family planning, cereal is not a topic to be brought up in public. It's too controversial.

If the only prayer you said was thank you, that would be enough.

One's only rival is one's own potentialities. One's only failure is failing to live up to one's own possibilities. In this sense, every man can be a king, and must therefore be treated like a king.

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

My loneliness was born when men praised my talkative faults and blamed my silent virtues.

Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.

The death of a beautiful woman, is unquestionably the most poetical topic in the world.

All of us have moments in our lives that test our courage. Taking children into a house with a white carpet is one of them.

The advantage of a bad memory is that one enjoys several times the same good thing for the first time.

Be like a tree and let the dead leaves drop.

With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.

If you follow every dream, you might get lost.

I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.

Remember upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all.

Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays.

The more intense the nature of a man, the more readily will he find meditation, and the more successfully will he practice it.

I find it rather easy to portray a businessman. Being bland, rather cruel and incompetent comes naturally to me.

A hero cannot be a hero unless in a heroic world.