Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognises genius.

Golf is an expensive way of playing marbles.

If you are patient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.

Muchtalking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune.The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, flyfreely about.

Whenpeople say women can’t be trusted because they cycle every month, myresponse is that men cycle every day, so they should only be allowed tonegotiate peace treaties in the evening.

The best prophet is common sense, our native wit.

Thereis all the difference in the world between having something to say and havingto say something.

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it;to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

Make the best use of what is in your power, and take therest as it happens.

Reasonguides but a small part of man, and the rest obeys feeling, true or false,and passion, good or bad.

Given afair wind, we will negotiate our way into the Common Market, head held high,not crawling in. Negotiations? Yes. Unconditional acceptance of whateverterms are offered us? No.