Nothing is rarer than a solitary lie; for lies breed like Surinam toads; you cannot tell one but out it comes with a hundred young ones on its back.

The only competition worthy of a wise man is with himself.

Distinction is the consequence, never the object of a great mind.

The greatest of all fools is the proud fool--who is at the mercy of every fool he meets.

Never expect justice from a vain man; if he has the negative magnanimity not to disparage you, it is the most you can expect.

Never judge a work of art by its defects.

Desert being the essential condition of praise, there can be no reality in the one without the other.

Reputation is but a synonym of popularity: dependent on suffrage, to be increased or diminished at the will of the voters.

Selfishness in art, as in other things, is sensibility kept at home.

No man knows himself as an original.

The most common disguise of Envy is in praise of what is subordinate.

The ultimate leaders develop followers who will surpass them.

It is true, that all married men have their own way, but the trouble is they don't all have their own way of having it.

We've got to do everything possible to improve policing, to go right at implicit bias.

Actors never discuss future plans.

Ninety percent of what's wrong with singers today is that they don't breathe right.

Develop the ability to stand back as a witness to your thoughts. This will make your mind strong.

It's a responsibility of the writer to get the reader out of the story somehow.

I had my ups and downs and I fell a few times, but I did not give. Don't give up.

If the truth didn't help anyone, and love didn't last, what was there left to struggle toward?

Every moment of your life is infinitely creative and the universe is endlessly bountiful