A woman is seldom merciful to the man who is timid.

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.

I am the the type to have a personal experience with a celebrity, but I'm too classy to bring that up.

I only travel with a carry-on suitcase in most instances.

I think the war in the Mideast, how we got into it and how we're going to address the current problems, are issues that every American should be concerned about.

I've been lucky and have played some interesting characters - I'd quite like to play Sweeny Todd.

Nature's solution to pollution is dilution.

I only want to do what I really want to do; otherwise, I'm content to sit here and play my guitar all day.

Money is only useful when you get rid of it. It is like the odd card in 'Old Maid'; the player who is finally left with it has lost.

I got into radio when I was eight, and I was one of the busiest child dramatic actors in America.

I did believe, from my experience of life and of looking at the world, that men hated women.

I don't need no peace. I need equal rights and justice.