It is much, much worse to receive bad news through the written word than by somebody simply telling you, and I’m sure you understand why. When somebody simply tells you bad news, you hear it once, and that’s the end of it. But when bad news is written down, whether in a letter or a newspaper or on your arm in felt tip pen, each time you read it, you feel as if you are receiving the bad news again and again.

It doesn't take courage to kill someone,' Klaus said. 'It takes a severe lack of moral stamina.

Bad circumstances have a way of ruining things that would otherwise be pleasant.

I’m happier than a pig eating bacon!

As I am sure you know, when people say 'It's my pleasure,' they usually mean something along the lines of, 'There's nothing on Earth I would rather do less.' [...]

Every problem has a solution. Sometimes it just takes a long time to find the solution - even if it's right in front of your nose.

Everybody has a theory.