We often repent of our first thoughts, and scarce ever of our second.

I never found even in my juvenile hours that it was necessary to go a thousand miles in search of themes for moralizing.

The whole secret of life is to be interested in one thing profoundly and in a thousand things well.

In all science, error precedes the truth, and it is better it should go first than last.

Life is a comedy for those who think and a tragedy for those who feel.

The Methodists love your big sinners, as proper subjects to work upon.

This world is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy to those that feel.

Nine-tenths of the people were created so you would want to be with the other tenth.

Who has begun has half done. Have the courage to be wise. Begin!

Foolish writers and readers are created for each other.

When people will not weed their own minds, they are apt to be overrun by nettles.

Your bone shall remainYour flesh shall remain Your spirit shall remain

The first requirement of a statesman is that he be dull. This is not always easy to achieve.

Life is filled with abstractions, and the only way to make heads or tails of it is going through intuition.

Arrow-swift the present sweepeth, and motionless forever stands the past.

I've had a long life and a lot of relationships and not one of them do I wish - well, I take that back - there are a couple I could have done without.

I don't think I'd like Manhattan anymore. My mother-in-law lives there, and you go there. But I like looking at it from a distance. It's a fantastic sight - every time, it awes me.

I am a curious person and, believe it or not, I really do like to sit back and listen to people's stories.

The creator must be a world for himself and must find everything in himself and in Nature, to whom his whole life is devoted.

I don't like overt traditionalism.

I think I have a good eye for talent. I think I'm smart enough to figure out what the mission is and achieve it. I achieve it by hiring good people.