Delay not; swift the flight of fortune's greatest favours.

Good fortune is the greatest of blessings, but good counsel comes next, and the lack of it destroys the other also.

— Demosthenes

Death is a punishment to some, to others a gift and to many a favour.

— Seneca the Younger

Let him who has granted a favour speak not of it; let him who has received one, proclaim it.

— Seneca the Younger

True love hates and will not bear delay.

— Seneca the Younger

The best cure for anger is delay.

— Seneca the Younger

The rosy hearth, the lamplight's narrow beam, The meditation that is rather dream, With looks that lose themselves in cherished looks; The hour of…

— Anonymous

I am not in favour of the takeover of excellent and strategically important British companies by struggling foreign firms whose actions are fuelled by…

— David Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Turville

“When you favour a woman, she will want to return the favour in so many means, but its better to rupidiate such offerings.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

Not the fastest always win the race.

— Unkown

I'm in favour of drug tests, just so long as they are multiple choice.

— Kurt Rambis

The man who confers a favour would rather not be repaid in the same coin.

— Aristotle

What we need in South Africa is for egos to be suppressed in favour of peace. We need to create a new breed of…

— Chris Hani

I love him who is ashamed when the dice fall in his favour, and who then asketh: "Am I a dishonest player?" - for…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Since, O sweet Lord Jesus, Thou art the present portion of Thy people, favour us this year with such a sense of Thy preciousness,…

— Anonymous

Crony capitalism is essentially a condition in which... public officials are giving favours to people in the private sector in payment of political favours.

— Alan Greenspan