Don't say NO for an answer

And yet methinks the older that one growsInclines us more to laugh than scold, though laughterLeaves us so doubly serious shortly after.

Days decrease, / And autumn grows, autumn in everything.

The music brought us what it seemed / We had long desired, but in a form / so rarefied there was no emptiness of sensation

Courage of the mind far surpasses that of the body.

[Adolf Hitler] was Austrian, so he knew how to play that role [being capable of apologizing]. In fact, it wasn't playacting, it was just part of who he was. He hated to see women cry or women upset.

A good face they say, is a letter of recommendation. O Nature, Nature, why art thou so dishonest, as ever to send men with these false recommendations into the World!

'Tis only when they spring to Heaven that angels reveal themselves to you.

With my wife I get no respect. I fell asleep with a cigarette in my hand. She lit it.

The matter of international relations is very subtle and exquisite.

I know the American administration is trying to refurbish its image after Irangate, especially in the Middle East and among their friends in this area. No doubt about it. We are following it.