Marriage is hardly a thing one can do now and then, except in America.

The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one.

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.

Always forgive your enemies nothing annoys them so much.

It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.

Everyone may not be good, but there's always something good in everyone. Never judge anyone shortly because every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

Be yourself; everyone else is taken.

Women are made to be loved, not understood.

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.

The brave with all of their weaknesses are better than the cowardly with all of their strengths.

But this payment goes well beyond my generosity, " the monk responded."Don’t say that again. Life might be listening, and give you less the next time.

If I ever said in grief or pride I tired of honest things I lied.

The only question left to be settled now is are women persons?

I have always made my own rules, in poetry as in life - though I have tried of late to cooperate more with my family. I do, however, believe that without order or pattern poetry is useless.

Think about the photo before and after, never during. The secret is to take your time. You mustn't go too fast. The subject must forget about you. Then, however, you must be very quick.

You can get through life with bad manners, but it's easier with good manners.

You know, I've released some great records and I've released some dogs. But frankly, the fun is in creating the thing.

Violence against women is an everyday reality, act now, always, and forever before its too late.

Imposing limitations on yourself is cowardly because it protects you from having to try, and perhaps failing.