It is more pitiable once to have been rich than not to be rich now.

True courage is like a kite; a contrary wind raises it higher.

An angry woman is vindictive beyond measure, and hesitates at nothing in her bitterness.

Every generous illusion of youth leaves a wrinkle as it departs. Experience is the successive disenchanting of the things of life; it is reason enriched with the heart's spoils.

Happiness is where we find it, but rarely where we seek it.

Envy, like flame, blackens that which is above it, and which it cannot reach.

It requires less character to discover the faults of others, than to tolerate them.

Do you know a young and beautiful woman who is not ready to flirt-just a little?

Loud indignation against vice often stands for virtue in the eyes of bigots.

Many fortunes, like rivers, have a pure source, but grow muddy as they grow large.

The happiness of the tender heart is increased by what it can take away from the wretchedness of others.

I won't say that you're pretty because that dog already did. And I won't say you're funny because you have had me laughing since I met you.

The presuming social view that mental health is not as serious as the media says it is, blocks progress. This too is political.

The clear and simple words of common usage are always better than those of erudition. The jargon of the philosophers not seldom conceals an absence of thought.

Because nothing says flattery like a gun to the head.

What one doesn't understand one doesn't possess.

I'm never content with what I do. I live in a sort of permanent dissatisfaction. I think that's the secret to doing things well.

All the people in Star Trek will always be known as those characters. And what characters to have attached to your name in life! The show is such a phenomenon all over the world.

Some people love some music, and they hear it a year later and they think, 'What was I thinking?'

It is possible to live well with dementia and write best-sellers 'like wot I do.

This is not our job, but we always follow the actions of our European partners closely and we wish them luck.