Wine is wonderful stuff. But so many people are put off by the snobbery of it.

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

A jug fills drop by drop.

Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain but it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving.

I want to sing like the birds sing, not worrying about who hears or what they think.

Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't.

There are no facts, only interpretations.

If from Society we learn to live Tis Solitude should teach us how to die; It hath no flatterers.

We princes are set as it were upon stages in the sight and view of the world.

I've been looking for a girl like you - not you, but a girl like you.

The fascination of shooting as a sport depends almost wholly on whether you are at the right or wrong end of the gun.

The paranoid is never entirely mistaken.

I don't try to imagine a personal god; it suffices to stand in awe at the structure of the world, insofar as it allows our inadequate senses to appreciate it.

The right of a nation to kill a tyrant in case of necessity can no more be doubted than to hang a robber, or kill a flea.

Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future.

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

Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.

A person preaches well that lives well.

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

I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back.

Freedom lies in being bold.