A man should swallow a toad every morning to be sure of not meeting with anything more revolting in the day ahead.

A day without laughter is a day wasted.

Contemplation often makes life miserable. We should act more, think less, and stop watching ourselves live.

The sunset glow of self-possession.

There are more people who wish to be loved than there are who are willing to love.

The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.

The most wasted day of all is that on which we have not laughed.

The only thing that stops God from sending another flood is that the first one was useless.

Pleasure can be supported by an illusion; but happiness rests upon truth.

Intelligent people make many mistakes because they cannot believe the world is really as foolish as it is.

Society is divided into two classes, the shearers and the shorn.

People so easily forget their past selves.

Testosterone poisoning can be fatal, Braveheart." (Delaney to Rowan)

Years ago, fairy tales all began with Once upon a time... now we know they all begin with, If I am elected.

The most important thing is to be healthy, to drink a lot of water, to fight gravity as much as possible. I am one of the few people who decided I wasn't going to do any invasion with my face.

There are a million talented writers who are unpublished only because they stop writing when it gets hard.

And to live without risk for me would have been tantamount to death.

If you wait for inspiration, you're not a writer, but a waiter.

I'm a very quotatious person.

Pride is that which claims to be the author of what is really a gift.

There's a myth that Roosevelt gave Stalin Eastern Europe. I was with Roosevelt every day at Yalta.