A worried man could borrow a lot of trouble with practically no collateral.

Humility is like underwear; essential, but indecent if it shows.

Jealousy ... is the most obvious sign of impotency.

Marriage is something that should be tried at least once. It's educational.

It's the guided thought that conquers; not the guided missile.

Silence can be the worst ridicule.

There's nothing more unforgivable than someone who thinks he knows more about yourself than you do.

I wonder if that isn't the most sinful thing of all -- thinking all the pleasant things are wicked.

When ignorance mobilizes, it's always the free minds it destroys first.

there was nothing like necessity to supply a lack of nerve.

All Americans suffer from anxiety; it's a national disease.

Do not mourn the dead. They know what they are doing.

This is your chance. Are you going to cower and make excuses or are you going to do what you really want to do?

Sometimes in life our master will teach us and then test us like this. He will send the same painful circumstances to us over and over again until we no longer want what isn’t good for us

She wished him at her side this very moment. If only to turn it all to rights by doing his very best to turn it all to ruin.

I am convinced we do not only love ourselves in others but hate ourselves in others too.

I like to use big words so people will think I know what I'm talking about.

I was very far away. My real life had gone underground and could not be seen by anybody. The person at the surface that everybody saw was no longer me.

The artist's talent sits uneasy as an object of public acclaim, having been so long an object of private despair.

I don't psyche myself up. I psyche myself down. I think clearer when I'm not psyched up.

When God hands you a gift, he also hands you a whip; and the whip is intended for self-flagellation solely.