Necessity is the mother of invention.

A doubtful friend is worse than a certain enemy. Let a man be one thing or the other, and we then know how to meet him.

I thought these grapes were ripe, but I see now they are quite sour.

Betray a friend, and you'll often find you have ruined yourself.

Fine clothes may disguise, but silly words will disclose a fool

Once a wolf, always a wolf.

All men are more concerned to recover what they lose than to acquire what they lack.

The value is in the worth, not in the number.

Much wants more and loses all.

Do not waste your pity on a scamp.

Better poverty without a care than wealth with its many obligations.

‪A wise man once said, 'Life is like breathing. If you try to hold it, you'll lose it. But let it come & go & you'll always be connected to it.'‬

Whatever it means to be a friend, taking a black eye for someone has to be in it.

I never write anything without humor, just because I like humor, but at the same time, it is a way for anything fantastical to become relatable.

A gen'rous heart repairs a sland'rous tongue.

When in doubt, choose greatness.

If you let the world in, you open yourself up to the world. Even if the world doesn't know that you're there.

There wasn't an episode of 'Will & Grace' that didn't begin with my voice saying, 'Will & Grace' is taped before a live studio audience.

America is successful because of the hard work and creativity and enterprise of our people.

When you pull on that jersey, you represent yourself and your teammates, and the name on the front is a hell of a lot more important than the one on the back. Get that through your head!

It's easy. [Black man] is - he's separate already. The fact that you have Harlem, the fact that you have the Negro ghetto and the so-called Negro slum, he's already separate.