"Seek the lofty by reading, hearing and seeing great work at some moment every day"

"I said when I came into office that I don't want to be a great leader; I want to be a good democrat"

"Guests, like fish, begin to smell after three days"

"The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you"

"The man is happiest who lives from day to day and asks no more, garnering the simple goodness of life"

"It isn't hard to be good from time to time in sports. What's tough is being good every day"

"Great effort from great motives is the best definition of a happy life"

"Now that the House of Commons is trying to become useful, it does a great deal of harm"

"It is a useless life that is not consecrated to a great ideal. It is like a stone wasted on the field without becoming a part of any edifice"

"We worked very hard to make the lyrics suit the music. I can't, like Elton John, for example, compose by lyrics. Elton has a great talent for that. Whatever you give him, including your questions, he composes in half an hour and makes a great song out of it"

"Count no day lost in which you waited your turn, took only your share and sought advantage over no one"