We are as often duped by diffidence as by confidence.

As fathers commonly go, it is seldom a misfortune to be fatherless; and considering the general run of sons, as seldom a misfortune to be childless.

The mere brute pleasure of reading - the sort of pleasure a cow must have in grazing.

If we do not plant knowledge when young, it will give us no shade when we are old.

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

Being pretty on the inside means you don't hit your brother and you eat all your peas - that's what my grandma taught me.

Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.

Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.

You must look into people, as well as at them.

A man's own good breeding is the best security against other people's ill manners.

Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no laziness, no procrastination: never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

Anyway, God is not susceptible to proofs and disproofs. If you believe, the evidence is all around you. If you don’t believe, no evidence can be enough.

No one in this world needs a mink coat but a mink.

Humor can be an incredible, lacerating and effective weapon.

At that time, when I started, in the '50s, cinema was very classical in its aims.

Almost all of us long for peace and freedom; but very few of us have much enthusiasm for the thoughts, feelings, and actions that make for peace and freedom.

We may as well tolerate all religions, since God Himself tolerates all.

Companies are looking to be quicker with content, provide faster approval and be able to capitalize on the conversation and content of the moment.

As players, we always have a way to get back at you.

Children when they ask you why your mama so funny say she is a poet she don't have no sense

The night Makes everything grotesque. Is it because Night is the nature of man's interior world?