I have learned this: it is not what one does that is wrong, but what one becomes as a consequence of it.

The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one.

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.

Always forgive your enemies nothing annoys them so much.

It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.

Everyone may not be good, but there's always something good in everyone. Never judge anyone shortly because every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

Be yourself; everyone else is taken.

Women are made to be loved, not understood.

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.

Life is Temporary, and in life everything is temporary

Why are we learning about the past, when this is History?

Christmas sweaters are only acceptable as a cry for help.

The art of a magician is to create wonder. If we live with a sense of wonder, our lives become filled with joy.

Failures are the stepping stones to success.

Good writers have two things in common: they prefer to be understood rather than admired; and they do not write for knowing and over-acute readers.

Your offer," he said, "is far too idiotic to be declined.

The nice thing about political pundits is that, when they answer a question, one no longer understands what they were asked.

I went with my very being toward language.

Never get into a wrestling match with a pig. You both get dirty, and the pig likes it.