Moderation is a fatal thing. Enough is as bad as a meal. More than enough is as good as a feast.

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.

Wisdom comes through suffering or old age.

Happiness and success require the highest possible optimism, with minimal expectations. Optimize without limits, and expect anything in particular.

Wit consists in knowing the resemblance of things which differ and the difference of things which are alike.

Life is a lively process of becoming.

I'm a regular person with an extraordinary job.

The most important thing in playing any character is not judging.

Others say that that's not good for the country [to resist Donald's Trump ] and that they should work with this new administration on policies.

For me exotic means beaches, palm trees and sand and frolicking in the ocean

Obstacles will look large or small to you according to whether you are large or small.

I recommend my students not to be professional unless they really have to be. I tell them, 'If you love music, sell Hoovers or be a plumber. Do something useful with your life.'