Love of flattery, in most men, proceeds from the mean opinion they have of themselves; in women, from the contrary.

Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.

We have enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another.

For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery.

Vision is the art of seeing things invisible.

That the universe was formed by a fortuitous concourse of atoms, I will no more believe than that the accidental jumbling of the alphabet would fall into a most ingenious treatise of philosophy.

Promises and pie-crust are made to be broken.

When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him.

You should never be ashamed to admit you have been wrong. It only proves you are wiser today than yesterday

The sight of you is good for sore eyes.

He was a bold man that first ate an oyster.

Just when you think you know.....you don't know.

There are as many paths to Truth as there are souls of men.

If a nation succeeds in making her people strong in virtues, then the nation is rich already.

If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay at home.

If you wish to be positive, which means youthful, never speak of the past any more than you can help.

The rich pearl of life, Soon moulders in its blackened urn, the tomb.

Directing is much more psychological-it's a lot like being a general. And you have to be organized. While you're making a film, you have between two and 500 people asking you a billion questions.

Love is God, and to die means that I, a particle of love, shall return to the general and eternal source.

You might 'write from the heart,' but you'd better polish with your brain.

People unconsciously want to reveal their inner urges.