There are times when even the most potent governor must wink at transgression, in order to preserve the laws inviolate for the future.

It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.

A smile is the chosen vehicle of all ambiguities.

I am, as I am; whether hideous, or handsome, depends upon who is made judge.

Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well- warmed, and well-fed.

Dream tonight of peacock tails, Diamond fields and spouter whales. Ills are many, blessing few, But dreams tonight will shelter you.

Toil is man's allotment; toil of brain, or toil of hands, or a grief that's more than either, the grief and sin of idleness.

Meditation and water are wedded for ever.

I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.

Aye, aye! and I'll chase him round Good Hope, and round the Horn, and round the Norway Maelstrom, and round perdition's flames before I give him up.

War should be carried on like a monsoon; one changeless determination of every particle towards the one unalterable aim.

Never make permanent eternal decisions based on sense knowledge.

I've said my friend, not once, but twice, never trust a preety girl cause darkness waits a mile behind her smile!!

The most romantic thing I ever did to my woman? I painted her toenails!

Men can be very stupid. We cease to value what we have until it's gone, and only then do we realize the gold we glimpsed in distant hills pales as dross compared to treasure we had in hand.

The eternal Being is forever if he is at all.

As it is the mark of great minds to say many things in a few words, so it is that of little minds to use many words to say nothing.

The beauty about the D-list is that people who are on it probably don't know they are.

Ninety-five percent of celebrity is good.

Oh, yeah. A big part of my job is drinking martinis when I work in advertising.

Merely corroborative detail, intended to give artistic verisimilitude to an otherwise bald and unconvincing narrative.