You can take for granted that people know more or less what a street, a shop, a beach, a sky, an oak tree look like. Tell them what makes this one different.

It is sometimes a mistake to climb. It is always a mistake to never make the attempt.

Can't make an omelette without killing a few people.

The world always seems brighter when you've just made something that wasn't there before.

There are three things, and three things only, that can lift the pain of mortality and ease the ravages of life. These are wine, women and song.

There are so many places we have not yet seen. So many people still to meet.

They all do the same things. They may think their sins are original, but for the most part they are petty and repetitive.