Anyone who pretends not to be interested in money is either a fool or a knave.

if you cannot get what you want, common sense suggests that you should put your mind to wanting what you can get.

Things you can't understand are always the hardest to bear. To know why is the first step to consolation.

there are virtues which are very well in the abstract, but which, encountered in the flesh, can be a source of extreme irritation.

Take things as they come. Take things as they are. What does it matter? There's one end to everything.

When you've just made the most complete fool of yourself, you feel the need of a specially high horse to ride.

Any road is bound to arrive somewhere if you follow it far enough

A lie that is half a truth is ever the hardest to fight.

One cannot withdraw from the life of the community. Injury to one member of it cannot fail to be the concern of all.

Nobody likes to be accused of a virtue.

Most of the things one worries about never happen.

Habit rules the unreflecting herd.

My last refuge, my books: simple pleasures, like finding wild onions by the side of a road, or requited love.

All good fortune is a gift of the gods, and you don't win the favor of the ancient gods by being good, but by being bold.

The guest will judge better of a feast than the cook

The difference is conflict, an important yet overlooked aspect of all good communications.

What's the use of watching? A watched pot never boils.

Content is king, but marketing is queen, and runs the household.

To beat Federer 3 times does not mean anything he is a genius whose hair does not even move when he plays.

Working with Mel Gibson is a little like waltzing with a hurricane. It's always exciting, and you're never quite sure where it's going to take you.

It is important that we discover an educational method where people learn to learn and go on learning their whole lives