Madam, I have been looking for a person who disliked gravy all my life; let us swear eternal friendship.

Whatever you are by nature, keep to it; never desert your line of talent. Be what nature intended you for, and you will succeed.

If you want to improve your understanding, drink coffee.

Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love and to be loved is the greatest happiness of existence.

Thank God for tea! What would the world do without tea! How did it exist? I am glad I was not born before tea.

The thing about performance, even if it's only an illusion, is that it is a celebration of the fact that we do contain within ourselves infinite possibilities.

A man who wishes to make his way in life could do no better than go through the world with a boiling tea-kettle in his hand.

You find people ready enough to do the Samaritan, without the oil and twopence.

A comfortable house is a great source of happiness. It ranks immediately after health and a good conscience.

In composing, as a general rule, run your pen through every other word you have written; you have no idea what vigor it will give your style.

we know nothing of tomorrow, our business is to be good and happy today

If my 'mind' don't mind, I don't mind.

Love radiates the full beam of light.

I was supposed to stay for 3 months. But I think I always knew I would stay a little longer, despite the crazy Frenchies. Or maybe because of them.

In 20 years I want to look back and see a collection of crazy characters that I made - a menagerie.

The only two things that scare me are God and the IRS.

To me programming is more than an important practical art. It is also a gigantic undertaking in the foundations of knowledge.

Faithful found among the faithless.

Friendship is a creature formed for a companionship not for a herd.

At some time in their careers, most good historians itch to write a history of the world, endeavor to discover what makes humanity the most destructive and creative of species.

I have a pretty normal office day. I get to work at 10 in the morning and leave at eight or nine.