If you can't return a favor, pass it on.
A severe though not unfriendly critic of our institutions said that the cure for admiring the House of Lords was to go and look at it.
Nothing is more unpleasant than a virtuous person with a mean mind.
A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
It is often said that men are ruled by their imaginations; but it would be truer to say they are governed by the weakness of their imaginations.
You may talk of the tyranny of Nero and Tiberius; but the real tyranny is the tyranny of your next-door neighbor.
The Sovereign has, under a constitutional monarchy such as ours, three rights - the right to be consulted, the right to encourage, the right to warn. And a king of great sense and sagacity would want no others.
Attack wins you games, defence wins you titles.
I would love to do a rom-com, but they are not good - good and successful doesn't equate to the same thing.
There have been huge Muslim demonstrations against cartoons depicting Muhammad and any other perceived insult against Islam. But I am unaware of a single demonstration of Muslims against Muslim terror directed at non-Muslims.
To me, being Australian is about looking after your mates, taking care of the less fortunate, supporting the underdog and enhancing the spirit that makes all Australians unique.