In order to become a great man, one must first be a great rascal.

When you leave off dreaming, the universe ceases to exist.

I look like a down-and-out drunk who has been picked out of the gutter in the Strand.

There is no doubt that it is around the family and the home that all the greatest virtues, the most dominating virtues of human, are created, strengthened and maintained.

No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path. Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go. Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.

At one side of the palette there is white, at the other black; and neither is ever used neat.

Without courage all other virtues lose their meaning.