Men are but children of a larger growth, Our appetites as apt to change as theirs, And full as craving too, and full as vain.

Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul.

Self-defense is Nature's eldest law.

…So when the last and dreadful hour This crumbling pageant shall devour, The trumpet shall be heard on high, The dead shall live, the living die, And Music shall untune the sky

He with a graceful pride, While his rider every hand survey'd, Sprung loose, and flew into an escapade; Not moving forward, yet with every bound Pressing, and seeming still to quit his ground.

When he spoke, what tender words he used! So softly, that like flakes of feathered snow, They melted as they fell.

Fool that I was, upon my eagle's wings I bore this wren, till I was tired with soaring, and now he mounts above me.

Dead men tell no tales.

Dancing is the poetry of the foot.

The sooner you treat your son as a man, the sooner he will be one.

Fortune befriends the bold.

I am deeply saddened by the tragic loss of my dear friend Ronni Chasen. I have had the honor of working with her for over 15 years. She was one of a kind. I loved her. I miss her.

If you wish to cultivate humility, then you should associate with those who are humble.

The best thing next to wit is a consciousness that it is not in us; without wit, a man might then know how to behave himself, so as not to appear to be a fool or a coxcomb.

When I was a nurse I never had much money, and I was still happy then.

No man who can do any one thing well will be able to any different thing equally well.

The main part of the house is a deep red and I have butterscotch carpet. And I have a bathroom with leopard skin floor, wallpaper and toilet.

Never waste valuable time, or mental peace of mind, on the affairs of others—that is too high a price to pay.

If it's true you learn from your mistakes, Jim Frey will be the best manager ever

It is gentle manners which prove so irresistible in women.

There lives within the very flame of love A kind of wick or snuff that will abate it.