As it is natural to believe many things without proof, so, despite all proof, is it natural to disbelieve others.

Lazy people are always anxious to be doing something.

We are so presumptuous that we think we can separate our personal interest from that of humanity, and slander mankind without compromising ourselves.

The shortness of life cannot dissuade us from its pleasures, nor console us for its pains.

The young suffer less from their own errors than from the cautiousness of the old.

You are not born for fame if you don't know the value of time.

The things we know best are the things we haven't been taught.

The art of pleasing is the art of deception.

Action makes more fortune than caution.

Courage is adversity's lamp.

Most people grow old within a small circle of ideas, which they have not discovered for themselves. There are perhaps less wrong-minded people than thoughtless.

Sorcerers believe that an action taken for the right reasons has an unreasonable chance of success.

If you want to conquer fear, don't sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.

Ive worked with some of the most inspiring and genuinely nice people.

Every night I go over what I did in the day, in ethical or moral terms. Have I treated people properly? Did I tell the truth?

Do something every day to market each of your books for three years.

We may be partial, but Fate is not.

We will not anticipate the past; so mind, young people,-our retrospection will be all to the future.

I don't think a woman should be in any government job whatever. I mean, I really don't. The reason why I do is mainly because they are erratic and emotional.

The big thing for actors is the level of commitment.

Coaching doesn't make sick people well...it helps healthy people become extra-ordinary.