Vanity, indeed, is the very antidote to conceit; for while the former makes us all nerve to the opinion of others, the latter is perfectly satisfied with its opinion of itself.

How many of us have been attracted to reason; first learned to think, to draw conclusions, to extract a moral from the follies of life, by some dazzling aphorism.

The conscience is the most flexible material in the world. Today you cannot stretch it over a mole hill; while tomorrow it can hide a mountain.

He who writes prose builds his temple to Fame in rubble; he who writes verses builds it in granite.

Genius is but fine observation strengthened by fixity of purpose.

Men are valued, not for what they are, but for what they seem to be.

A fresh mind keeps the body fresh. Take in the ideas of the day, drain off those of yesterday.

A good cigar is as great a comfort to a man as a good cry to a woman.

Punctuality is the stern virtue of men of business, and the graceful courtesy of princes.

Love has no thought of self! Love buys not with the ruthless usurer's gold The loathsome prostitution of a hand Without a heart! Love sacrifices all things To bless the thing it loves!

A fresh mind keeps the body fresh.

I do so love hearing people speak passionately on any subject, other than themselves.

When you reach voting age, we will take your opinion under consideration.

We didn't have steroids. If I wanted to get pumped up, I drank a case of beer.

If you can take something to levels that very few other people can reach, then what you're doing becomes art.

I make the necessary "corrections" if I find myself leaning too far in one direction.

I think those who say that you can't tango if you are not Argentine are mistaken. Tango was an immigrant music... so it does not have a nationality. It's only passport is feeling.

Why had he never appreciated the miracle that he was, brain and nerve and bounding heart?

I'm not predicting; I just love playing with superconductors.

What deep wounds ever closed without a scar?

Would that everyone might know that I would be already damned if it were not for Mary!