A good laugh is a mighty good thing, and rather too scarce a good thing.

It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.

A smile is the chosen vehicle of all ambiguities.

I am, as I am; whether hideous, or handsome, depends upon who is made judge.

Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well- warmed, and well-fed.

Dream tonight of peacock tails, Diamond fields and spouter whales. Ills are many, blessing few, But dreams tonight will shelter you.

Toil is man's allotment; toil of brain, or toil of hands, or a grief that's more than either, the grief and sin of idleness.

Meditation and water are wedded for ever.

I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.

Aye, aye! and I'll chase him round Good Hope, and round the Horn, and round the Norway Maelstrom, and round perdition's flames before I give him up.

War should be carried on like a monsoon; one changeless determination of every particle towards the one unalterable aim.

If you are not good at innovating, be smart in investing.

Remember, before they promoted to the chair of CEO, they were the best employees of their companies.

I want to put a ding in the universe.

It is a negative sort of achievement, she thinks, to have spent a life warding something off.

If we're at the lowest point in history, that means we're in a new Cold War.

I think actors are at the mercy of the opportunities presented to them. So you kind of have to wait for them to choose you. My music is insular - I can choose that.

Nobody wants to hear me rap.

Don't let a man put anything over on you except an umbrella.

A satyagrahi is dead to his body even before the enemy attempts to kill him.

Never be ashamed of passion. If you are strongly sexed, you are richly endowed.