A life of pleasure makes even the strongest mind frivolous at last.

How many of us have been attracted to reason; first learned to think, to draw conclusions, to extract a moral from the follies of life, by some dazzling aphorism.

The conscience is the most flexible material in the world. Today you cannot stretch it over a mole hill; while tomorrow it can hide a mountain.

He who writes prose builds his temple to Fame in rubble; he who writes verses builds it in granite.

Genius is but fine observation strengthened by fixity of purpose.

Men are valued, not for what they are, but for what they seem to be.

A fresh mind keeps the body fresh. Take in the ideas of the day, drain off those of yesterday.

A good cigar is as great a comfort to a man as a good cry to a woman.

Punctuality is the stern virtue of men of business, and the graceful courtesy of princes.

Love has no thought of self! Love buys not with the ruthless usurer's gold The loathsome prostitution of a hand Without a heart! Love sacrifices all things To bless the thing it loves!

A fresh mind keeps the body fresh.

What makes you successful is other peoples’ success”.

Sometimes I can’t see myself when I’m with you. I can only just see you

Do you thinking not getting caught in a lie is the same thing as telling the truth?"--Robert Redford from the 1975 movie Three Days of the Condor

Somewhere in the rain, there will always be an abandoned dog that prevents you from being happy.

On government & unions: the only thing worse than blind trust is blind mistrust.

Once lost, trust can only be regained if we are as good as our word.

They all know I'm back, very much back, and that I will be the general president again come hell or high water.

Maybe it is desperation. Maybe we can't let things fall apart without trying. We can't let go of the people we love.

Singing has nothing to do with poetry, except as twins separated at birth.