“It is the nature of the unfortunate to be spiteful, and to envy those who are well to do.”

How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.

There’s no such thing, you know, as picking out the best woman: it’s only a question of comparative badness, brother.

Disgrace is immortal, and living even when one thinks it dead.

If you want to do something, do it!

I seek the utmost pleasure and the least pain.

Remind a man of what he remembers, and you will make him forget it.

It is much easier to begin than to end.

This is the great fault of wine; it first trips up the feet: it is a cunning wrestler.

It is only when we have lost them that we fully appreciate our blessings.

He who is most on his guard is often himself taken in.

I count him lost, who is lost to shame.

The day, water, sun, moon, night – I do not have to purchase these things with money.

No man is wise enough by himself.

Good courage in a bad affair is half of the evil overcome.

If you say hard things you must expect to hear them in return.

He that would eat the nut must crack the shell.

The whole basis of the United Nations is the right of all nations

The man who masters his own soul will forever be called conqueror of conquerors.

Art is man’s refuge from adversity.

Having faith does not mean never having doubts or questions. It does mean remaining obedient.

To make any gain some outlay is necessary.

None of whom are actors, none of which are Australian, but I couldn’t do it long term.

Nothing from nothing ever yet was born.

The longer I work in nutrition, the more convinced I become that for the healthy person all foods should be delicious.