Don't let's go to the dogs tonight, For mother will be there.

I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure - which is: Try to please everybody.

There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance-that principle is contempt prior to investigation.

The best mirror is an old friend.

The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.

Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity.

The wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the past, he is a parent of the future.

The society exists for the benefit of its members; not its members for the benefit of the society.

Just as typography is human speech translated into what can be read, so photography is the translation of reality into a readable image.

A great dowry is a bed full of brables. [A great dowry is a bed full of brambles.]

No one can be perfectly free till all are free; no one can be perfectly moral till all are moral; no one can be perfectly happy till all are happy.

Worry is a habit that shatters our peace of mind and needlessly drains our energy, a form of mental masturbation without any benefits.

My work should be judged as it enters the ears and heads of listeners, not as it is described to the eyes of readers.

Being an artist is not only what you do, but how you live your life.

Live beyond your means, then you're forced to work hard, you have to succeed.

Many actions calculated to procure fame are not conducive to ultimate happiness.

The weight is just a tool. Do you focus on the hammer or the nail? You better focus on the thing you're trying to hit.

Can you open and close the gate of Heaven and act like a woman?

I'm not one of those people who needs that gratification of doing, like, 10 films a year.

I think people should be given a test much like driver's tests as to whether they're capable of being parents!

Be melting snow. Wash yourself of yourself.