Unless one is a genius, it is best to aim at being intelligible.

Economy is going without something you do want in case you should, some day, want something you probably won't want.

Telling the truth to people who misunderstand you is generally promoting a falsehood, isn't it?

You oughtn't to yield to temptation. Well, somebody must, or the thing becomes absurd.

I wish you would read a little poetry sometimes. Your ignorance cramps my conversation.

Somehow love gives even to a dull man the knowledge of his lover's heart.

I may not understand, but I am willing to admire.

For my part, if a man must needs be a knave I would have him a debonair knave... It makes your sin no worse as I conceive, to do it à la mode and stylishly.

I have an income nearly sufficient for my wants (no one's income is ever quite sufficient, you know).

He is very fond of making things which he does not want, and then giving them to people who have no use for them.

Good families are generally worse than any others.

I can dream, though - can't I, for myself? Even if you have not the imagination or the soul?

Some ghosts tried to be showy. These were the kinds to avoid.

No matter what they're charging to get in, it's worth more to get out.

If I don't believe it, then they don't need me on the court. I've just got to believe that in my heart.

It's human nature to want to think the best of others, but if you listen carefully, people will always tell you who they are.

Weird doors open. People fall into things.

I wont ever put myself in a bad position so that people can say bad things about me. I make smart decisions, and my friends and my family, they are all there for the right reason.

I believe that President [George W.] Bush was correct. I thought that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction, and I supported him steadfastly, and once we committed we should see it through.

I have known heaven, and now I am in hell, and there are mimes.

I have been doing voice work my entire life, and I adore it. It is really rewarding stuff.