All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.

There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.

It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.

Society is now one polished horde, Formed of two mighty tribes, The Bores and the Bored.

When we are no longer able to change a situation - we are challenged to change ourselves.

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

We can work together for a better world with men and women of goodwill, those who radiate the intrinsic goodness of humankind.

I am not now That which I have been.

Maybe, just once, someone will call me 'Sir' without adding, 'You're making a scene.'

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

A difference of opinion is what makes horse racing and missionaries.

I like to think of myself at home in the armchair, writing, smoking and occasionally wandering down the shop.

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

I'm not a genius. I'm just a tremendous bundle of experience.

There are no facts, only interpretations.

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

I speak for the trees, for the trees have no tongues.

Parents are usually more careful to bestow knowledge on their children rather than virtue, the art of speaking well rather than doing well; but their manners should be of the greatest concern.

Do unto those downstream as you would have those upstream do unto you.

Gold and silver from the dead turn often into lead.

It is piracy, not overt online music stores, which is our main competitor.