Don't wait to be happy to laugh... You may die and never have laughed.

The sweetest of all sounds is that of the voice of the woman we love.

No road is to long for him who advances slowly and does not hurry and no attainment is beyond his reach who equips himself with patience to achieve it

Generosity lies less in giving much than in giving at the right moment.

The spendthrift robs his heirs the miser robs himself.

A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself.

Courtly manners are contagious; they are caught at Versailles.

We are more sociable, and get on better with people by the heart than the intellect.

A prince wants only the pleasure of private life to complete his happiness.

There is as much trickery required to grow rich by a stupid book as there is folly in buying it.

Out of difficulties grow miracles.

I took a deep breath. "I'm sorry I lied, I like your Star Wars sheets, you're not that bad of a driver, and I swear on my Very Cherry lip gloss that I will never lie to you again.

Want less, need less, live more.

The most valuable possession you can own is an open heart. The most powerful weapon you can be is an instrument of peace.

Because I can go to Vegas and make the money I do, I'm able to spend a lot more time producing music that I love.

Our mantra was simplicity.

As 99 per cent of English authors and 100 per cent of American ones [authors] are just such imbeciles, managers and publishers make a practice of asking for every right the author possesses.

Old San Francisco - the one so many nostalgics yearn for - had buildings that related well to each other.

If you can't use dividends, it's not a bad thing to give it back to your shareholders. They'll use it somewhere else.

Andrea Jaeger plays tennis like she's double-parked.

I've been involved with Shrek for eleven years, so you'd better like Shrek if you're going to be involved with it for eleven years. I do, I like it a great deal, so I enjoy it.