If triangles had a god, they would give him three sides.

To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.

There is no nation so powerful, as the one that obeys its laws not from principals of fear or reason, but from passion.

An empire founded by war has to maintain itself by war.

The sublimity of administration consists in knowing the proper degree of power that should be exerted on different occasions.

The less men think, the more they talk.

False happiness renders men stern and proud, and that happiness is never communicated. True happiness renders them kind and sensible, and that happiness is always shared.

Success in the majority of circumstances depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed.

An author is a fool who, not content with boring those he lives with, insists on boring future generations.

Friendship is an arrangement by which we undertake to exchange small favors for big ones.

There should be weeping at a man's birth, not at his death.

My God, ' he gasped, 'you're fun to kiss.

Mankind is a great, an immense family... This is proved by what we feel in our hearts at Christmas.

It's a required part of your film history to know who Woody is. His movies are so wonderful, and not just funny but so insightful about human behavior.

The writing of the script is a continual process. There's the first draft and then many, many re-writes here and there.

Extravagant love is never wasted.

As far as a cocktail, I do like good wines, basically with meals, and good champagnes.

Hymns should have unity, graduation and mutual dependence in the thoughts, a conscious progress, a sense of completeness and be easily understood.

If you want to experience miracles, you have to believe before seeing.

Generosity wins favour for everyone, especially when it is accompanied by modesty.

Stopping illegal immigration would mean that wages would have to rise to a level where Americans would want the jobs currently taken by illegal aliens.