"There are some days when I think I'm going to die from an overdose of satisfaction."

"The only difference between me and a madman is that I am not mad"

"It is not necessary for the public to know whether I am joking or whether I am serious, just as it is not necessary for me to know it myself."

"Have no fear of perfection -- you will never reach it."

"There is only one difference between a madman and me. I am not mad."

"The first man to compare the cheeks of a young woman to a rose was obviously a poet; the first to repeat it was possibly an idiot."

"Life is like a ten-speed bike; most of us have gears we never use."

"One either meets or one works."

"There is no good arguing with the inevitible. The only argument available with an east wind is to put on your overcoat."

"No man should bring children into the world who is unwilling to persevere to the end in their nature and education."

"There are two classes of poets - the poets by education and practice, these we respect; and poets by nature, these we love."

"One man's wage rise is another man's price increase."