A man must sometimes laugh at himself or go mad,’ said he. ‘Few realize it. That is why there are so many madmen in the world.

He was born with a gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad.

Thirstily he set it to his lips, and as its cool refreshment began to soothe his throat, he thanked Heaven that in a world of much evil there was still so good a thing as ale.

Regret of neglected opportunity is the worst hell that a living soul can inhabit.

I am very poor - for a know nothing, understand nothing. It is not a calamitous condition until it is realized.

Only those become weary of angling who bring nothing to it but the idea of catching fish.

...it is human nature, I suppose, to be futile and ridiculous.

Truth is so often disconcerting.

To do what you imply would require nothing short of divine intervention. You must change man, not systems.

Only he who is without anything is without enemies.

There remained the sea, which is free to all, and particularly alluring to those who feel themselves at war with humanity.

hate isn't healthy, it damages the hater more than the one who's hated!

Once in a while, he worries, but about what? Like the scattered clouds that drift over farmland in the afternoon, that sort of anxiety is what, ultimately?

There is a great Field-Marshal, my friend, who arrays our battalions; Let us to Providence trust, and abide and work in our stations.

If we'd beaten 'em, I wouldn't be going out.

People romanticize, I think, this notion of life. But life at all costs is not life, it's ego-extension.

There are no boundaries or borders in the digital age.

There is nothing more important in business or politics than a deal is a deal.

For a lot of actors, our biggest fear is that we're going to start talking about things we don't fully understand and sound like idiots.

Actually, I comb my hair quite often. Of course, I use an electric toothbrush.

From out the throng and stress of lies, From out the painful noise of sighs, One voice of comfort seems to rise: "It is the meaner part that dies."