John Dryden

Genius must be born, and never can be taught.

Great wits are sure to madness near allied, and thin partitions do their bounds divide.

We first make our habits, and then our habits make us.

By pouring money and goods into devastated regions, foreign aid workers sometimes compound the disruption and debauch the survivors.

The martyr cannot be dishonored. Every lash inflicted is a tongue of fame; every prison a more illustrious abode.

I love perfumes. Every morning when my girlfriend and I come down to the courtyard in our block of flats we're assailed by the most delicious scent - jasmine round a doorway. It almost makes me swoon.