"Imitation is the sincerest of flattery."

"Riches may enable us to confer favours, but to confer them with propriety and grace requires a something that riches cannot give."

"True friendship is like sound health, the value is seldom appreciated until it is lost."

"If you would be known, and not know, vegetate in a village; If you would know, and not be known, live in a city."

"The greatest friend of Truth is time, her greatest enemy is Prejudice, and her constant companion Humility."

"To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it; to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it."

"When the present is full of gloom, the past becomes haven of refuge that provides relief and inspiration."

"Perpetual devotion to what a man calls his business, is only to be sustained by perpetual neglect of many other things."

"Any colour - so long as it's black."

"Any member introducing a dog into the Society's premises shall be liable to a fine of one pound. Any animal leading a blind person shall be deemed to be a cat."

"What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others."

"Do you want to spend the rest of your life selling sugared water or do you want a chance to change the world?"