"Marriage is a very good thing, but I think it's a mistake to make a habit out of it."

"Beauty is an ecstasy it is as simple as hunger. There is really nothing to be said about it. It is like the perfume of a rose: you can smell it and that is all."

"A man marries to have a home, but also because he doesn't want to be bothered with sex and all that sort of thing."

"Anyone can tell the truth, but only very few of us can make epigrams."

"Getting a family into work, supporting strong relationships, getting parents off drugs and out of debt - all this can do more for a child's well-being than any amount of money in out-of-work benefits."

"Let us touch the dying, the poor, the lonely and the unwanted according to the graces we have received and let us not be ashamed or slow to do the humble work."

"Countries have lost their culture because what they wanted was money. Money became the running theme in every country and culture was sacrificed."

"Political consultants are pugilists, masters in the dark art of negativity. Which is why it's surprising to hear Democrats such as Steve McMahon and Republicans like Rich Galen urging their presidential candidates to be more, well, positive."