The habit of pleasing by flattery makes a language soft; the fear of offending by truth makes it circuitous and conventional.

The spirit of Greece, passing through and ascending above the world, hath so animated universal nature, that the very rocks and woods, the very torrents and wilds burst forth with it.

No ashes are lighter than those of incense, and few things burn out sooner.

There is nothing on earth divine except humanity.

Truth, like the juice of the poppy, in small quantities, calms men; in larger, heats and irritates them, and is attended by fatal consequences in excess.

We are no longer happy so soon as we wish to be happier.

A man's vanity tells him what is honor, a man's conscience what is justice.

My thoughts are my company; I can bring them together, select them, detain them, dismiss them.

Friendship is a vase, which, when it is flawed by heat, or violence, or accident, may as well be broken at once; it can never be trusted after.

The Siren waits thee, singing song for song.

A good cook is the peculiar gift of the gods. He must be a perfect creature from the brain to the palate, from the palate to the finger's end.

The loveliest gifts sometimes come wrapped in the ugliest paper.

My only relief is to sleep. When I'm sleeping, I'm not sad, I'm not angry, I'm not lonely, I'm nothing.

And yet you thought he was the one? Imagine a lifetime without laughter.

Good buildings come from good people, and all problems are solved by good design.

Hollywood is one place in the world where you can die of encouragement.

I was going to buy my girl a Packard car for Christmas, but it took too long to deliver, so I bought her some handkerchiefs.

Faith enables us to obey when obedience is costly or seems unreasonable to the natural mind.

Morale is good; troops are confident; leaders are capable.

This was the first time in my life that so many things would never happen again.

Go where the money is... and go there often.