Opposition to a man in love is like oil to fire.

The longest absence is less perilous to love than the terrible trials of incessant proximity.

An easy-going husband is the one indispensable comfort of life.

Emulation is active virtue; envy is brooding malice.

Scandals are like dandelion seeds--they are arrow-headed, and stick where they fall, and bring forth and multiply fourfold.

Petty laws breed great crimes.

Intensely selfish people are always very decided as to what they wish. They do not waste their energies in considering the good of others.

Could we see when and where we are to meet again, we would be more tender when we bid our friends goodbye.

Music is not a science any more than poetry is. It is a sublime instinct, like genius of all kinds.

I do not wish to be a coward like the father of mankind and throw the blame upon a woman.

Familiarity is a magician that is cruel to beauty but kind to ugliness.

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

The Way to do is to be.

It’s a lot cleaner when Command kills you on purpose . . . than when they do it by accident.

Where did we get the idea of insultin' folks by pointin' out their age? ... It seems that we think youth is some special accomplishment brought about by the individual himself!

Injustice can never be stood for.

Originality in art puts charm where it wasn't.

I want audiences to look at adolescent delinquents with greater understanding and more compassion.

I'm a pragmatic man. I'll veer on the dangerous side, because I love dangerous subjects, but I won't shoot a show in the foot.

The impact had cut your upper lip in two, he had said, clean down the middle. Clean down the middle. Like a harelip.

Trade your cleverness for bewilderment.