Entertainment for entertainment's sake is the most expensive form of death.

Disillusions all come from within ... from the failure of some dear and secret hope. The world makes no promises; we only dream it does; and when we wake, we cry!

Men heap together the mistakes of their lives, and create a monster they call Destiny.

Those who have made unhappy marriages walk on stilts, while the happy ones are on a level with the crowd. No one sees 'em!

A statesman's words, like butcher's meat, should be well weighed.

Women may be whole oceans deeper than we are, but they are also a whole paradise better. She may have got us out of Eden, but as a compensation she makes the earth very pleasant.

A quart of doubt to an ounce of truth is the safest brew.

We must know the measure of a man's desires before we can sound the depth of his regrets.

People get to like a soul, but a satisfactory hat makes an impression at first sight.

All forced virtue is degrading in it effect.

love comes to man through his senses - to woman through her imagination.

True courage is in facing danger when you are afraid...

Ignorance is the only possible happiness this world has to offer

Never tickle a sleeping dragon.

The question is whether suicide is the way out or the way in.

Pride and weakness are Siamese twins.

I'm a clean freak and a germaphobe - I have hand sanitizer in my pocket.

Cover the canvas at the first go, then work at it until you see nothing more to add.

Time spent arguing with the faithful is, oddly enough, almost never wasted.

You can always pick out stage actors at the Oscars: they know how to walk.

Even Christoph Waltz's character, Colonel Landa in 'Inglourious Basterds', I never judged him.