The Management of money is, in much, the management of self. If heaven allotted to each man seven guardian angels, five of them, at least, would be found night and day hovering over his pockets.

How many of us have been attracted to reason; first learned to think, to draw conclusions, to extract a moral from the follies of life, by some dazzling aphorism.

The conscience is the most flexible material in the world. Today you cannot stretch it over a mole hill; while tomorrow it can hide a mountain.

He who writes prose builds his temple to Fame in rubble; he who writes verses builds it in granite.

Genius is but fine observation strengthened by fixity of purpose.

Men are valued, not for what they are, but for what they seem to be.

A fresh mind keeps the body fresh. Take in the ideas of the day, drain off those of yesterday.

A good cigar is as great a comfort to a man as a good cry to a woman.

Punctuality is the stern virtue of men of business, and the graceful courtesy of princes.

Love has no thought of self! Love buys not with the ruthless usurer's gold The loathsome prostitution of a hand Without a heart! Love sacrifices all things To bless the thing it loves!

A fresh mind keeps the body fresh.

That’s what a good wife does, keeps your dreams alive even when you don’t believe anymore

Human beings wear clothing and walk upright, but when you take that away, we're nothing but monkeys.

To have divine favor on your life means you'll attract extraordinary opposition

I have no stories to sell. A lot of my relationships are with civilians, and no one wants to hear about those.

Readers are paramount. I live to write books for them.

One looks, looks long, and the world comes in.

My friendship with the Hitch has always been perfectly cloudless. It is a love whose month is ever May.

The liar wants to be believed, but lying undermines the foundation for credibility.

I'm not a big one on - I don't know what to call it - getting all glamorous. I don't really worry about my looks, and I don't worry about getting old. Exterior beauty doesn't mean a lot to me.

I actually did a lot of improvised movies or movies that were partially improvised.