And once, or twice, to throw the dice is a gentlemanly game, But he does not win who plays with Sin in the secret house of shame

The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one.

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.

Always forgive your enemies nothing annoys them so much.

It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.

Everyone may not be good, but there's always something good in everyone. Never judge anyone shortly because every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

Be yourself; everyone else is taken.

Women are made to be loved, not understood.

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.

Entrepreneurs don’t ask for permission. They act per a mission.

John Quincy Adams' depression was treated by his aunt with some reliable remedies, first sleep and then compassion. She said, " He was half cared for by having someone to care for him.

What you focus on grows!

Drinking turns a fool into a merry fool.

I think maybe the English don't want to try something and look stupid, because they are a bit reserved.

... protection of life is NOT a legitimate use for a firearm in this country sir! Not! That is expressly ruled out!

The point of literary criticism in anthropology is not to replace research, but to find out how it is that we are persuasive.

What matters most is not the idea, but the capacity to believe in it completely.

We like a man to come right out and say what he thinks- if we agree with him.

Give me the compliments. I love compliments. I was born modest, but it wore off.