Everyone will find what he's looking for. Nothing pleases everyone: this man gathers thorns, that one roses.

The mind longs for what it has missed.

Outward beauty is not enough; to be attractive a woman must use words, wit, playfulness, sweet-talk, and laughter to transcend the gifts of nature.

Wisdom and beauty form a very rare combination.

Mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur.

Nothing is falser than people's preconceptions and ready-made opinions; nothing is sillier than their sham morality.

The world wants to be deceived.

Can't you see that I'm only advising you to beg yourself not to be so dumb

Women are one and all a set of vultures.

A man who is always ready to believe what is told him will never do well, especially a businessman.

Leave your home, O youth, and seek out alien shores. A wider range of life has been ordained for you.

The very discovery of the New world was the by-product of a dietary quest.

One lifetime is not enough to live

I might wear a dinner jacket once a year to our Oscar party - that's a big thing - but I don't go to parties. I'm social but I'm not a socialite person.

Leaders teach. They motivate. They care. Leaders make sure that the way to success is always broad enough and straight enough for others to follow.

Salvation is a gift given, not a bargain struck.

People of color are not under any kind of obligation beyond working hard, doing their best, and learning from their mistakes.

Conversation without you trying to be sexy can still come off as very sexy. Trust me!

By the way, don’t breathe on the upholstery or I may have to gut you. (Nick)

A conservative frame of mind is very limiting for an actor, and a human being, too.

Like ultraviolet rays memory shows to each man in the book of life a script that invisibly and prophetically glosses the text.