If content with himself and mankind, a man is never harsh or curt.

Real misanthropes are not found in solitude, but in the world; since it is experience of life, and not philosophy, which produces real hatred of mankind.

No human trait deserves less tolerance in everyday life, and gets less, than intolerance.

Children find everything in nothing; men find nothing in everything.

He who has the courage to laugh is almost as much a master of the world as he who is ready to die.

It's interesting to observe that almost all truly worthy men have simple manners, and that simple manners are almost always taken as a sign of little worth

People are ridiculous only when they try or seem to be that which they are not.

Ignorance is the greatest source of happiness.

The most solid pleasure in this life is the empty pleasure of illusion.

In all climates, under all skies, man's happiness is always somewhere else.

What do you do there, moon, in the sky? Tell me what you do, silent moon. When evening comes you rise and go contemplating wastelands; then you set.

Marriage was not the combination of two entities into one

I'm perfect in being imperfect...

Anger begins with folly, and ends with repentance.

He didn’t even know what it was, Vishous.” “The tux?” V lit a hand-rolled. “Of course he didn’t. He’s a real male.

In modern American politics, being the right kind of ignorant and entertainingly crazy is like having a big right hand in boxing; you've always got a puncher's chance.

If the truth is with you, no power can knock you down!

That's what I love about the mockumentary style, is the added thing of people knowing they are on-camera, which changes your behavior. That's why we sometimes do what we call spy shots.

Sometimes I live in fear. But when I have to take chances about people I love, relationships, my daughter and immediate family, those decisions are easy.

By the time I was 9, I was frequently asked to play exhibitions at grand openings, fund-raisers for charities, and other special events.