I swear to hold my tongue about it till the end of your worship's days, and God grant I may be able to let it out tomorrow

Thou hast seen nothing yet.

Not with whom you are born, but with whom you are bred.

Until death it is all life

Finally, from so little sleeping and so much reading, his brain dried up and he went completely out of his mind.

Love and war are exactly alike. It is lawful to use tricks and slights to obtain a desired end.

...but once more I say do as you please, for we women are born to this burden of being obedient to our husbands, though they be blockheads

... truth, whose mother is history, who is the rival of time, depository of deeds, witness of the past, example and lesson to the present, and warning to the future.

...in the worst of circumstances, the hypocrite who pretends to be good does less harm than the public sinner.

We know already ample experience that it does not require much cleverness or much learning to be a governor, for there are a hundred round about us that scarcely know how to read.

It seems to me a hard case to make slaves of those whom God and nature have made free.

The unhappy derive comfort from the misfortunes of others.

There's no greater challenge and there is no greater honor than to be in public service.

If you are trying to fool a farsighted or dimwitted person, a veiled facial disguise might be enough.

If you go into a battle, it's better to win the first time.

Supergroupies don't have to hang around hotel corridors. When you are one, as I have been, you get invited backstage.

To the covetous man life is a nightmare, and God lets him wrestle with it as best he may.

In such places as Greenwich Village, a menage-a-trois was completed- the bohemian and the juvenile delinquent came face-to-face with the Negro, and the hipster was a fact in American life.

As destruction goes, the monster said behind him, this is all remarkably pitiful.

I love thrillers. I've never made them, but I would say a really good thriller is my favorite kind of a movie. If I can get a really great thriller, you know.

Every successful person in life began by pursuing a passion, usually against all odds.