Fulfillment in life is loving a good woman and killing a bad man.

If a grasshopper tries to fight a lawnmower, one may admire his courage but not his judgement.

Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.

You can sway a thousand men by appealing to their prejudices quicker than you can convince one man by logic.

Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.

Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.

I never learned from a man who agreed with me.

A generation which ignores history has no past — and no future.

Don't ever become a pessimist... a pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but an optimist has more fun, and neither can stop the march of events.

May you live as long as you wish and love as long as you live.

It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so.

Each man follows his own path - his own destiny, if you will. And only he is responsible for the choice.

The gift of today is a sacred-blessing.

...He was wrong about the sadness though: far better to have it when you're young. A sad pretty girl inspires the urge to console, unlike a sad old crone.

Corporate strategy is usually only useful if you get people engaged with helping you to make it work.

If you stick a Babel fish in your ear you can instantly understand anything said to you in any form of language.

Everybody wants to rule the world.

Familiarity breeds contempt only when it breeds inattention.

At school, I enjoyed playing the bassoon. I was in the orchestra and played the melody when the other boys sang hymns at prayers time.

You're so brutal to those who love you, Scarlett. You take their love and hold it over their heads like a whip.

Remember the two benefits of failure. First, if you do fail, you learn what doesn't work; and second, the failure gives you the opportunity to try a new approach.