Every man praises his own wares.

Beauty is power; a smile is its sword.

In a calm sea every man is a pilot.

Wedlock is a padlock.

He that preaches war is the devil's chaplain.

Listeners ne'er hear good of themselves.

He is wise that can make a friend of a foe.

Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.

He that uses many words for explaining any subject, doth, like the cuttlefish, hide himself for the most part in his own ink.

Good words cool more than cold water.

Where love fails we espy all faults.

The modern State, whether in a totalitarian or a democratic country, has far too much power, and we are probably right to fear it.

If this is called civilization, then I am afraid humanity is no more civilized than the Tyrannosaurus Rex.

I was out walking the other evening. This fellow accosted me, and asked if that was the moon up there in the sky. I replied that I had no idea, as I was a stranger there myself.

Oh roses for the flush of youth, And laurel for the perfect prime; But pluck an ivy branch for me Grown old before my time.

Desire, said the Buddha, is the cause of suffering. But without desire, what delight?

My mother had to send me to the movies with my birth certificate, so that I wouldn't have to pay the extra fifty cents that the adults had to pay.

I have a brother who is afraid to go to sleep, he dreams he's working.

Prayer may just be the most powerful tool mankind has.” ~Blink

I guess I've always lived upside down when I want things I can't have.

I write my scripts short and they develop on the set, which I have found a far better premise both economically and practically.