The secret of success is sincerity.

Only the mediocre are always at their best.

Sadness flies on the wings of the morning, and out of the heart of darkness comes the light.

When you see a woman who can go nowhere without a staff of admirers, it is not so much because they think she is beautiful, it is because she has told them they are handsome.

Little by little, the pimps have taken over the world. They don't do anything, they don't make anything - they just stand there and take their cut.

I'm not afraid of death. It's the stake one puts up in order to play the game of life.

There is no better way of exercising the imagination than the study of law. No poet ever interpreted nature as freely as a lawyer interprets the truth.

The flower is the poetry of reproduction. It is an example of the eternal seductiveness of life.

One of the privileges of the great is to witness catastrophes from a terrace.

To seek out in a world full of joy the one thing that is certain to give you pain, and hug it to your bosom with all your strength; that's the greatest human happiness.

A man's name, title, and rank are artificial and impermanent; they do nothing to reveal what he really is, even to himself.

I have become more aware of (1) how true emotions can feel during crucial moments, and (2) how false they really are.

Nobody does anything for anybody my friend. We just become mediums to bring each other what destiny has already ordained.

The only principle I can see in this life, is that one must forfeit the less for the greater.

How important is excitement to happiness? The key is to get excited about the mundane-- not just extraordinary things

Things change. Stuff happens. Life goes on.

I spent my teenage years in Paris when my dad was stationed there, and I'd look at women in their forties and think, 'That's the age I want to be.'

Chess, like any creative activity, can exist only through the combined efforts of those who have creative talent, and those who have the ability to organize their creative work

No, no, no to Tallyho.

Effective leaders make a full commitment to be a learner, to keep increasing and nourishing their knowledge and wisdom.

Thou speak'st like him's untutored to repeat: Who makes the fairest show means most deceit.