A man often runs the risk of throwing away a witticism if he admits that it is his own.

The sweetest of all sounds is that of the voice of the woman we love.

No road is to long for him who advances slowly and does not hurry and no attainment is beyond his reach who equips himself with patience to achieve it

Generosity lies less in giving much than in giving at the right moment.

The spendthrift robs his heirs the miser robs himself.

A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself.

Courtly manners are contagious; they are caught at Versailles.

We are more sociable, and get on better with people by the heart than the intellect.

A prince wants only the pleasure of private life to complete his happiness.

There is as much trickery required to grow rich by a stupid book as there is folly in buying it.

Out of difficulties grow miracles.

Unleash your potential. Seek the opportunity to make a difference. Success is attainable. You just have to reach out and grab it.

'Hope' is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul - And sings the tune without words And never stops - at all.

We were young, we were pilots, and we were hungry to test the new technology of 'space machines.' And we all wanted to be first.

Architecture can't fully represent the chaos and turmoil that are part of the human personality, but you need to put some of that turmoil into the architecture, or it isn't real.

Knowing where you come from is one thing, but it's suicide to stay there.

We don't have a unitary society anymore, you know; it's very fragmented. I look up and down my block in Silverlake and there is a different universe in every house.

I'm obsessed with 'Homeland.' It's not even okay.

If you're doing well, you're a target, nobody's interested in you except how you can be of use to them.

If I didn’t think, I’d be much happier.

Nothing beats reason for keeping tigers away. But be excessively reasonable and you risk throwing out the universe with the bathwater.