There is an innate decorum in man, and it is not fair to thrust Truth upon people when they don't expect it. Only the very generous are ready for Truth impromptu.

There is only one success - to be able to spend your life in your own way.

All cities are mad: but the madness is gallant. All cities are beautiful: but the beauty is grim.

Heavy hearts, like heavy clouds in the sky, are best relieved by the letting of a little water.

No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as the dog does.

When you sell a man a book, you don't sell him 12 ounces of paper and ink and glue - you sell him a whole new life.

There are three ingredients in the good life: learning, earning and yearning.

High heels were invented by a woman who had been kissed on the forehead.

There is no mistaking a real book when one meets it. It is like falling in love.

April prepares her green traffic light and the world thinks Go.

A man who has never made a woman angry is a failure in life.

I felt once more how simple and frugal a thing is happiness: a glass of wine, a roast chestnut, a wretched little brazier, the sound of the sea. Nothing else.

Aim towards enemy." - instructions on U.S. rocket launcher

I need some kind of... like... last minute, poorly-set-up deus ex machina!!

Not even need and love can defeat fate...

Every writer in the history of the world has been afraid to put words on the page. But we only remember those who overcame that fear.

Beauty is not just a white girl. It's so many different flavors and shades.

Audiences are always better pleased with a smart retort, some joke or epigram, than with any amount of reasoning.

Love is everything. Without it, I have no use for this world.

Nobody really knows, but I got a little comedy in me.