Society's the mother of convention.

Happiness is the ability to recognize it.

Youth is a silly, vapid state, Old age with fears and ills is rife, This simple boon I beg of Fate - A thousand years of Middle Life.

Insistent advice may develop into interference, and interference, someone has said, is the hind hoof of the devil.

I love the Christmas-tide, and yet, I notice this, each year I live; I always like the gifts I get, But how I love the gifts I give!

A guilty conscience is the mother of invention.

Actions lie louder than words.

Of two evils choose the prettier.

A blunder at the right moment is better than cleverness at the wrong time.

Nonsense makes the heart grow fonder.

Advice is one of those things it is far more blessed to give than to receive.

Being in love has the same effect as being on drugs.

Getting to the top has an unfortunate tendency to persuade people that the system is OK after all.

The more we know, the more pain we have. But because we are human beings, this must be. Otherwise we become objects rather than subjects.

You've got to like the people you work with.

I have never admitted the right of an elderly author to alter the work of a young author, even when the young author happens to be his former self.

But I wish to point out that it is entirely wrong to say that the Chinese are not religious.

They think we’re intelligent. So, Marco, keep quiet. We don’t want them to learn the truth.” Rachel

When you're looking to meet someone...you're looking to settle.

Social Security faces a long-term actuarial deficit, yes.

I define myself by everything that I love, everything I can create, everything that I can imagine.