When one sense has been bribed the others readily bear false witness.

The highest courage is to dare to appear to be what one is

Women are aristocrats, and it is always the mother who makes us feel that we belong to the better sort.

Each forward step we take we leave some phantom of ourselves behind.

We are more disturbed by a calamity which threatens us than by one which has befallen us.

As memory may be a paradise from which we cannot be driven, it may also be a hell from which we cannot escape.

Dislike of another's opinions and beliefs neither justifies our own nor makes us more certain of them: and to transfer the repugnance to the person himself is a mark of a vulgar mind.

Your faith is what you believe, not what you know.

What we love to do we find time to do.

Those who believe in our ability do more than stimulate us. They create for us an atmosphere in which it becomes easier to succeed.

When we have not the strength or the courage to grasp a new truth, we persuade ourselves that it is not a truth at all.

An expensive coffin does not decrease the deceased’s chances of going to hell.

Wherever you are, smile with love like a flower.

Whether it is your body, your mind, or the world – the idea of keeping a distance from it is to have a better perspective of everything.

Water is sufficient...the spirit moves over water.

6, 000 people were killed, crippled, and wounded during the War of Independence. The economy was devastated - there was no milk, just milk powder. No eggs, but egg powder. Meat was only once a week.

Good comics gravitate to each other; you know who's your type of person by watching them onstage, hopefully.

San Franciscans know we live in the most beautiful city in the world, a jewel on the edge of the Golden Gate

The still small voice within you must always be the final arbiter when there is a conflict of duty.

The highest thing one can do in literature is to succeed in saying that thing which one meant to say. There is nothing better than that - to make the world see your thoughts as you see them.

Old habits die hard, I guess. If you dont kick them, they kick you.