I myself find waiting more tiring than action.

Just to paint is great fun. The colours are lovely to look at and delicious to squeeze out. Matching them, however crudely, with what you see is fascinating and absolutely absorbing.

I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me.

A nation that forgets its past has no future.

I devoured Gibbon. I rode triumphantly through it from end to end and enjoyed it all.

There is not much collective security in a flock of sheep on the way to the butcher.

Nourish your hopes, but do not overlook realities.