Don't give your sons money. Give them horses. Many a good son has been ruined through the acquisition of money but no good son has been ruined through the acquisition of horses. Unless they fell and broke their neck, which when taken at the gallop is a very good death to die.

Is it possible to get another key? I think I've left mine in the room.

Already by 1900 I could boast I had written as many books as Moses.

How I hated schools, and what a life of anxiety I lived there. I counted the hours to the end of every term, when I should return home.

There comes a precious moment in all of our lives when we are tapped on the shoulder and offered the opportunity to do something very special that is unique to us and our abilities, what a tragedy it would be if we are not ready or willing.

There is no worse mistake in public leadership than to hold out false hope soon to be swept away.

Everyone threw the blame on me ... they nearly always do. I suppose ... they think I shall be able to bear it best.