Literature is a splendid mistress, but a bad wife.

Beware of overconcern for money, or position, or glory. Someday you will meet a man who cares for none of these things. Then you will know how poor you are.

I keep six honest serving men (they taught me all i knew); Theirs names are What and Why and When And How And Where and Who.

A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition

Of all the liars in the world, sometimes the worst are our own fears.

This is a brief life, but in its brevity it offers us some splendid moments, some meaningful adventures.

If you can keep your wits about you while all others are losing theirs, and blaming you. The world will be yours and everything in it, what's more, you'll be a man, my son.

I am by nature a dealer in words, and words are the most powerful drug known to humanity.

The silliest woman can manage a clever man; but it needs a very clever woman to manage a fool.

There is no sin so great as ignorance. Remember this.

Never look backwards or you'll fall down the stairs.

The Underworld had no mercy. It only had justice

The feast of reason and the flow of soul.

Love is like the measles we all have to go through it.

The most honest form of filmmaking is to make a film for yourself.

A committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours.

The mail service has been excellent out here, and in my opinion this is all that the Air Force has accomplished during the war.

Once we understand that what happens beyond our control may be just what we need, we see that acceptance of reality can be our way of participating in our own evolution.

Mrs Weaver nosed among the books, too dim-witted to grasp that they were in alphabetical order.

I'm actually a fairly conservative person. I live a very conservative lifestyle.

Political liberty is only good insofar as it produces private liberty.