Tears are the natural penalties of pleasure. It is a law that we should pay for all that we enjoy.

The only true source of politeness is consideration.

The proverb answers where the sermon fails.

He who would acquire fame must not show himself afraid of censure. The dread of censure is the death of genius.

Stagnation is something worse than death. It is corruption, also.

Genius is the very eye of intellect and the wing of thought; it is always in advance of its time, and is the pioneer for the generation which it precedes.

It should console us for the fact that sin has not totally disappeared from the world, that the saints are not wholly deprived of employment.

I believe that economists put decimal points in their forecasts to show they have a sense of humor.

The dread of criticism is the death of genius.

Our true acquisitions lie only in our charities - we gain only as we give.

The true law of the race is progress and development. Whenever civilization pauses in the march of conquest, it is overthrown by the barbarian.

Make a real not alibis

If you’re not working on the best idea right now, you’re wasting your time & money

My wife is a very attractive woman, and she's always worried about her diet. But she doesn't pay attention to me, and I don't pay attention to her. She's a vegetarian, and it drives me crazy.

On a Chinese film you just give orders, no one questions you. Here, you have to convince people, you have to tell them why you want to do it a certain way, and they argue with you. Democracy.

The army is made of the people ; it cannot be made of robots.

The days of hair tonics have long since passed.

A theory is no more like a fact than a photograph is like a person.

Keep the Pineal Gland operating and you will Never grow Old, You will always be Young.

Without doubt, keep a diary. From the day you're born, keep a diary, because we all forget things so quickly.

It certainly has not been in my self-interest to defend men.