Such as thy words are, such will thy affections be esteemed; and such will thy deeds be as thy affections and such thy life as thy deeds.

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

Falling down is not a failure. Failure comes when you stay where you have fallen.

When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.

The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.

I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.

Awareness of ignorance is the beginning of wisdom.

There is no possession more valuable than a good and faithful friend.

True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.

If you want to be wrong then follow the masses.

I am a Citizen of the World, and my Nationality is Goodwill.

When I was in my twenties and broke, I'd buy books before food. A meal will sustain you for a few hours, a good book will sustain you for life.

The is no greater pain than the one you cause yourself when you let yourself down when a good chance present itself for you to advance your life!

Fate already warned us to pack it in. We just didn’t hear it in time.

It's no use filling your pocket with money if you have got a hole in the corner.

The big stars I felt a kinship with were never the romantic leads. It wasn't Steve McQueen or Robert Redford - it was people like Walter Matthau and Anthony Quinn. My big hero was Tommy Cooper.

A society that respects women needs to elect leaders who care more about women's lives than they do about their or their company's bottom line.

Respect me. Be proud, and if you love me, a little afraid, because love so often looks like fear. We are alike. We are alike.

Man can never stand still. He must find solutions to this contradiction, and ever better solutions to the extent to which reality enables him.

If I can be an example of getting sober, then I can be an example for starting over

In my youth I, too, entertained some illusions; but I soon recovered from them.