Individual misfortunes give rise to the general good; so that the more individual misfortunes exist, the more all is fine.

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.

Manners are the ability to put someone else at their ease...by turning any answer into another question.

A politician is a statesman who approaches every question with an open mouth.

For all evils there are two remedies - time and silence.

By instinct I'm an adventurer; by choice I'd like to be a writer; by pure, unadulterated luck, I'm an actor.

There's a Cuban saying: Bicho malo nunca muere. Loose translation: The good die young but the wicked live forever. It seems to apply to Fidel. I hope it applies to me.

To understand a new idea, break an old habit.

My looks had gone from well-kempt cheerleader to apocalyptic disasterpiece.

We must not be so concerned with the unborn that we fail to pay attention to the born.

The more estimable the offender, the greater the torment.