Conceit is an outward manifestation of inferiority.

Wit ought to be a glorious treat like caviar; never spread it about like marmalade.

It is discouraging how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.

There's always something fishy about the French.

Mona Lisa looks as if she has just been sick, or is about to be.

I love criticism just so long as it's unqualified praise.

Work is much more fun than fun.

A perfect martini should be made by filling a glass with gin then waving it in the general direction of Italy.

For gin, in cruel sober truth, supplies the fuel for flaming youth.

Work hard, do the best you can, don't ever lose faith in yourself and take no notice of what other people say about you.

You will know you're old when you cease to be amazed.

Must it so be that whatever makes man happy must later become the source of his misery?

He'd heard that writers spent all day in their dressing gowns drinking champagne. This is, of course, absolutely true.

The very winds whispered in soothing accents, and maternal Nature bade me weep no more.

Juries are not computers. They are composed of human beings who evaluate evidence differently.

Germany will never break the peace of its own accord.

I'm preprogrammed emotionally and intellectually not to go down blind alleys. I don't waste the time. I automatically edit out whatever's impractical.

99% of failures come from people who make excuses.

Everything passes, and what remains of former times, what remains of life, is the spiritual. In everything we do, the claim of the Absolute is unchanging.

It's always a good starting point to tell a story that has many layers.

Our ability to effectively engage China and the Arab world rests on shared economic and political interests and mutual understanding.