Regimes may fall and fail, but I do not.

Black as the devil, hot as hell, pure as an angel, sweet as love.

Espresso is to Italy, what champagne is to France.

A woman will sometimes forgive the man who tries to seduce her, but never the man who misses an opportunity when offered.

Society is divided into two classes: the shearers and the shorn. We should always be with the former against the latter.

Never speak ill of yourself, your friends will always say enough on that subject.

What clever man has ever needed to commit a crime? Crime is the last resort of political half-wits.

Since the masses are always eager to believe something, for their benefit nothing is so easy to arrange as facts.

I found there a country with thirty-two religions and only one sauce.

The art of putting the right men in the right places is first in the science of government; but that of finding places for the discontented is the most difficult.

Only a man who has loved a woman of genius can appreciate what happiness there is in loving a fool.

You will find a job, if you are willing to work.

To be a better cook, cook more. To be a better writer, read more.

Absolutely. No more pretending!

For, once there's a death, one doesn't like to think there's been harsh words spoken and no chance of taking them back.

It was a mixed blessing to have famous parents. It was tough to go to auditions and be bad, since I couldn't be anonymous.

The U.S. constitution is an extraordinary document. In my view, it should not be amended often.

Do you really like a particular stock? Put 10% or so of your portfolio on it. Make the idea count … Good [investment] ideas should not be diversified away into meaningless oblivion.

Every time you write a poem it’s apocalyptic. You’re revealing who you really are to yourself.

You're really playing against yourself. You have to learn what you can control and what you can't, and not let what you can't control affect your confidence.

Life is never all one thing. It bounces around. Certainly, my own life has.