Esteem must be founded on some sort of preference. Bestow it on everybody and it ceases to have any meaning at all.

It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do.

The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.

Love is a great master. It teaches us to be what we never were.

I assure you, an educated fool is more foolish than an uneducated one.

I want people to be sincere; a man of honor shouldn't speak a single word that doesn't come straight from his heart.

People spend most of their lives worrying about things that never happen.

I hate all men, the ones because they are mean and vicious, and the others for being complaisant with the vicious ones.

Great is the fortune of he who possesses a good bottle, a good book, and a good friend.

Folk whose own behavior is most ridiculous are always to the fore in slandering others.

A husband is a plaster that cures all the ills of girlhood.

The knowing ones must have pity on the ignorant.One who knows is willing to give up his body even for an ant, because he knows that the body is nothing.

Businesses, like babies and books, need nurturing, time, energy, love, planning and, yes, money to develop, grow and prosper.

Chinese food tries to engage the mind, not just the palate. To provoke the intellect.

In France, older women are considered sensual, and they don't have to mask the lines and wrinkles and erase every sign of their life on earth to be attractive and get laid.

I love working on the fly when the writers come up with new jokes on show nights. It's exciting. I love it so much.

Loneliness is a strange gift.

Insecurity, however, is a luxury on which I never economize.

All I am is what I create. It's my blessing to share with the world.

To show great love for God and our neighbor we need not do great things. It is how much love we put in the doing that makes our offering something beautiful for God.

Doing for others may be the only way to create lasting well-being.