Of what use to get what you want if you must become someone else to get it.

There comes a time when a man and woman realize that their separate schemes can be better achieved as a conspiracy.

Alexandros of Antioch took a block of marble and chiseled away from it everything that was not his masterpiece, the Venus de Milo. If you will chisel away one fault from your character every day, you may discover - a) that you're actually a statue of Margaret Thatcher. b) that you're still just a block of marble. c) that there are pigeon droppings on your shoes. d) that you, too, are a hidden masterpiece.

Family life is a bit like a runny peach pie - not perfect but who's complaining?

The trouble with selfish motives is that they harden into principles, and you end up sending your kids to war for them.

We all know the part of us that needs to be harnessed. It takes someone else to know the part of us that needs to be set free.

You're never too old. Unfortunately, you're always too young to know it.