Maturity of mind is best shown in slow belief.

The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.

Dreams will get you nowhere, a good kick in the pants will take you a long way.

He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much, and God in everything.

It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterwards.

Self-reflection is the school of wisdom.

The wise have a solid sense of silence and the ability to keep a storehouse of secrets. Their capacity and character are respected.

Know or listen to those who know.

To find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing.

There are friendships merely for pleasure, some for the exchange of ideas. Rarest are those friends of one's inmost self.

A single lie destroys a whole reputation for integrity.

Once you tell somebody a story, you are all in the same world and you can all speak to each other about the same things and understand the same things.

Southampton's barrage balloons floated gleaming in the moonlight like the ghosts of elephants and hippos.

Clichés so often befall vain people.

You can equate acting to a tennis game: When you're playing one of the best, you get better.

Everything that is really Mexican is either Aztec or Spanish.

Don't spoil a good story by telling the truth.

Life is a problem; mortal man was made to solve the solemn problem right or wrong.

The world is waiting for you. Good luck. Travel safe. Go!

When I really love someone, I can only show it by making aggressive and bad-taste remarks.

It seems to me morally a decent society will try to take some of the increased benefit and use that to alleviate the pain of the few who are bearing the cost that made it possible.