Marriage is very important. Marrying a girl is the most important thing a man can do. Never mind business or politics or sport or any of that, there's nothing so vital to the world as a man marrying a woman. That's where we get our children from, that's how the human race goes forward. And if it's too late for children, there's the companionship of a safe and trusted person.

Every pain is a lesson.

I never met a librarian worth his or her salt who didn't perceive my passion for books.

Never underestimate their intelligence, always underestimate their knowledge.

Stick a lighted candle up your backside to give yourself that inner glow.

The difference between a friend and an enemy is friendliness.

Marriage is the gold standard of all relationships. It's the currency by which everything is valued.