"Give us grace and strength to forbear and to persevere. Give us courage and gaiety and the quiet mind, spare to us our friends, soften to us our enemies."

"You can forgive people who do not follow you through a philosophical disquisition but to find your wife laughing when you had tears in your eyes, or staring when you were in a fit of laughter, would go some way towards a dissolution of the marriage."

"To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive."

"Absences are a good influence in love and keep it bright and delicate."

"Wisdom principle 23 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 86."

"Today riches and honours have been lavished on me, but one gift has been lacking, the most important one of all, the only one that matters, the gift of youth."

"There are only two people who can tell you the truth about yourself - an enemy who has lost his temper and a friend who loves you dearly."

"The way to be a man if you're a little boy is to be willing to throw your weight around."