A brilliant epigram is a solemn platitude gone to a masquerade ball.

The penalty for getting the woman you want is that you must keep her.

To be patriotic, hate all nations but your own; to be religious, all sects but your own; to be moral, all pretenses but your own.

One should be just as careful about lying as about telling the truth.

After all, Betty was ill and she was her sister, and she wouldn't be able to shave her legs for weeks because of the plaster.

Meet struggle and master it, says nature, and you shall have strength and wisdom sufficient for all your needs.

Fear of making mistakes can itself become a huge mistake, one that prevents you from living, for life is risky and anything less is already loss.

Still life is boring. Never stand still! Jumping bean life!

I didn't realize how hard it was to run a small business.

You label somebody 'New Age, ' and that's automatic mockery: 'She cannot possibly be a serious thinker.'

You have to be strong to be a carpenter, maybe, but the director of a film doesn't need to have muscles.

...We're a government that believes in everybody having the illusion of free will.

Sweat the small stuff. Without letting anyone see you sweat.

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