"This conflict is one thing I've been waiting for. I'm well and strong and young - young enough to go to the front. If I can't be a soldier, I'll help soldiers"

"A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body"

"It is not well for a man to pray cream and live skim milk"

"The first task of the association must therefore be to form the young members"

"My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake"

"It is well known that Beauty does not look with a good grace on the timid advances of Humour"

"If you want to eat well in England, eat three breakfasts"

"Narrative is linear, but action has breadth and depth as well as height and is solid"

"Leadership comes in small acts as well as bold strokes"

"There are few things more dishonorable than misleading the young"

"People assume I'm out there having this great life, but money doesn't erase the pain. When you're young you barrel through life, making choices without thinking of repercussions. A few years down the line, you wake up in a certain place and wonder how the hell you got there"