It is proof of a narrow mind when things worthy of esteem are distinguished from things worthy of love. Great minds naturally love whatever is worthy of their esteem.

Lazy people are always anxious to be doing something.

We are so presumptuous that we think we can separate our personal interest from that of humanity, and slander mankind without compromising ourselves.

The shortness of life cannot dissuade us from its pleasures, nor console us for its pains.

The young suffer less from their own errors than from the cautiousness of the old.

You are not born for fame if you don't know the value of time.

The things we know best are the things we haven't been taught.

The art of pleasing is the art of deception.

Action makes more fortune than caution.

Courage is adversity's lamp.

Most people grow old within a small circle of ideas, which they have not discovered for themselves. There are perhaps less wrong-minded people than thoughtless.

Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.

You must first clearly see a thing in your mind before you can do it.

Man is man, and master of his fate.

I like TV on demand and Cheetos.

There is no reason why humanity cannot be served equally by weighty and trivial motives.

Change was everywhere. People were gone, or changed, and that was almost like being gone.

I talked about becoming stupid, but I've always been stupid. Fortunately I've been just smart enough to realize that I'm stupid.

We Learn about love by loving.

I like things that start depressing and dark and end up romantic, and thats what I really loved about King Kong.

Never give a sucker an even break.