It's an odd job, making decent people laugh.

It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do.

The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.

Love is a great master. It teaches us to be what we never were.

I assure you, an educated fool is more foolish than an uneducated one.

I want people to be sincere; a man of honor shouldn't speak a single word that doesn't come straight from his heart.

People spend most of their lives worrying about things that never happen.

I hate all men, the ones because they are mean and vicious, and the others for being complaisant with the vicious ones.

Great is the fortune of he who possesses a good bottle, a good book, and a good friend.

Folk whose own behavior is most ridiculous are always to the fore in slandering others.

A husband is a plaster that cures all the ills of girlhood.

I give myself permissionto enjoy the present moment.

You don’t have to accept every advice. You must carefully think about it in your quiet moment.

It doesn't take courage to kill someone,' Klaus said. 'It takes a severe lack of moral stamina.

We must reinvent a future free of blinders so that we can choose from real options.

If you ask me what the world looks like to me, it looks like a painting by Pissarro.

Though you have sinned much, that is no reason why you should despair, but only why you should love much, having so much forgiven.

I didn't write any fiction until I was past thirty.

What I don't think we should do is panic, and I don't think we should advocate for ideas and plans that will make things worse.

It's a long year, and there is going to be ups and downs, but you just have to take the positives and be patient.

I never deprive myself. If I'm craving something once a week, then Ill go have it Ice cream or whatever, I just eat the foods I like.