Half our mistakes in life arise from feeling where we ought to think, and thinking where we ought to feel.

In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends.

Never trust a man who speaks well of everybody.

If we knew each other's secrets, what comforts we should find.

There is often less danger in the things we fear than in the things we desire.

Always mistrust a subordinate who never finds fault with his superior.

The secret of success in life is known only by those who have not succeeded.

A fool often fails because he thinks what is difficult is easy.

Never claim as a right what you can ask as a favor.

Envy and fear are the only passions to which no pleasure is attached.

If we escape punishment for our vices, why should we complain if we are not rewarded for our virtues?

To the stars who listen – and the dreams that are answered.

Chatty, defensive, observant. My new favorite witness.

The devil is the god of this planet and he does anything he wants to the people therein

Please be my friend.

As humanity becomes monstrous, monsters become nicer.

Nothing will train you to write better as a writer, than working on your next book.

The world is a complicated place, and there's a lot of division between people. The performing arts tend to unify people in a way nothing else does.

Sometimes you need to stand with your nose to the window and have a good look at jazz. And I've done that on many occasions.

It is better to be charged with cowardice and weakness than to be guilty of denial of our oath and sin against God.

If it be true that good wine needs no bush, 'tis true that a good play needs no epilogue.