I was court-martial in my absence, and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence.

Now is the winter of our discontent Made glorious summer by this son of York; And all the clouds that lowered upon our house In the deep bosom of the ocean buried.

Ring out ye crystal spheres! Once bless our human ears, If ye have power to touch our senses so; And let your silver chime Move in melodious time, And let the bass of Heaven's deep organ blow; And with your ninefold harmony Make up full consort to the angelic symphony.

The nation behaves well if it treats the natural resources as assets which it must turn over to the next generation increased, and not impaired, in value.

A kiss is but a kiss now! and no wave of a great flood that whirls me to the sea. But, as you will! we'll sit contentedly, and eat our pot of honey on the grave.

Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.

Men show their character in nothing more clearly than by what they think laughable.

Losing doesn't eat at me the way it used to. I just get ready for the next play, the next game, the next season.

Lord, Lord, how this world is given to lying! I grant you I was down and out of breath; and so was he. But we rose both at an instant, and fought a long hour by Shrewsbury clock. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act v. Sc. 4.

How much easier is self-sacrifice than self-realization!

You have to be able to center yourself, to let all of your emotions go... Don't ever forget that you play with your soul as well as your body.

I recently read that love is entirely a matter of chemistry. That must be why my wife treats me like toxic waste.

The glory of a nation and an age is always the work of a few great persons, and it disappears with them.

I don't want to achieve immortality by being inducted into the Hall of Fame. I want to achieve immortality by not dying.

It is not enough to be compassionate. You must act also.

If my best wines mislike thy taste, And my best service win thy frown, Then tarry not, I bid thee haste; There's many another Inn in town.

From a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.

The only man who behaved sensibly was my tailor; he took my measurement anew every time he saw me, while all the rest went on with their old measurements and expected them to fit me.

Justice is better than chivalry if we cannot have both.

As the purse is emptied, the heart is filled.