The only way to escape the personal corruption of praise is to go on working. One is tempted to stop and listen to it. The only thing is to turn away and go on working. Work. There is nothing else.

Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.

Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.

Life isn't worth living, unless it is lived for someone else.

Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions.

Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.

Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.

The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.

God is clever but not dishonest.

Try not to become a man of success but rather a man of value.

Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.

The secret of improved plant breeding, apart from scientific knowledge, is love.

Towering genius...thirsts and burns for distinction; and, if possible, it will have it, whether at the expense of emancipating slaves or enslaving freeman.

I've seen too much in life to give up.

Wine is a peep-hole on a man.

I never regretted turning down anything, I never regretted losing a job because I always felt something else was out there.

Change gear, change gear, check mirror, murder a prostitute, change gear, change gear, murder. That's a lot of effort in a day.

When you improve a little each day, eventually big things occur.

Judge not a man by his clothes, but by his wife's clothes.

One insult pocketed soon produces another.

If you would persuade, you must appeal to interest rather than intellect. We are advertis'd by our loving friends.