History is only gossip.

The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one.

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.

Always forgive your enemies nothing annoys them so much.

It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.

Everyone may not be good, but there's always something good in everyone. Never judge anyone shortly because every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

Be yourself; everyone else is taken.

Women are made to be loved, not understood.

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.

Four different kinds of Tater Tots?" I felt overwhelmed by culinary confusion. "Why would anyone need so many? Chili. Sweet potato. Blue?

People must be just and fair, starting with what they thought.

... I guessed that when you are nearly a man, you have to learn to put up with a lot of aggravation from little old bitty kids.

Any time you can gain clarity and higher meaning, you allow more inner peace and more prosperity.

Humans are the most successful invasives of all time.

Is it not insupportable to be held down to a canter when you long to gallop for miles?

I want to block some common misunderstandings about "understanding": In many of these discussions one finds a lot of fancy footwork about the word "understanding."

When you get seen in one particular way, it can be paralyzing. You start to believe it's all you can do.

I don't want to smoke cigars or go to stag parties, wear jockey shorts or pick up the check.

People care more for themselves when they contribute to the system.