I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: 'O Lord make my enemies ridiculous.' And God granted it.

Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination.

If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize.

It is dangerous to be right in matters where established men are wrong.

The mirror is a worthless invention. The only way to truly see yourself is in the reflection of someone else's eyes.

Give me the patience for the small things of life, courage for the great trials of life. Help me to do my best each day and then go to sleep knowing God is awake.

Many are destined to reason wrongly; others, not to reason at all; and others, to persecute those who do reason.

Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her: but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.

The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.

Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.

The more often a stupidity is repeated, the more it gets the appearance of wisdom.

Your promise is someone's hope. Keep your promises.

Many artists and scholars have pointed out that ultimately art depends on human nature.

This is how we bring about our own damnation, you know-by ignoring the voice that begs us to stop. To stop while there's still time.

It isn't the sort of thing you ask questions about, because the answers are not usually answers you want to know.

Speaking generally, no man appears great to his contemporaries, for the same reason that no man is great to his servants--both know too much of him.

The saddest thing for a girl to do is to dumb herself down for a guy.

To be financially wealthy you must have a purpose for your life. In other words, without purpose, you'll never know when you have enough money, and you can never be financially wealthy.

Anytime you have to rely upon your enemy for a job you're in bad shape.

Habit is stronger than desire.

When we own portions of outstanding businesses with outstanding managements, our favorite holding period is forever.