Such is the nature and make-up of the French that they are only good at the start. Then they are worse than devils, but, given time, they're less than women.

To good and true love fear is forever affixed.

We always long for the forbidden things, and desire what is denied us.

A habit does not a monk make.

Tell the truth and shame the devil.

A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.

Keep running after a dog and he will never bite you.

If the skies fall, one may hope to catch larks.

If you wish to avoid seeing a fool, you must first break your mirror

You have no obligation under the sun other than to discover your real needs, to fulfill them, and to rejoice in doing so.

Ignorance is the mother of all evils.

Forgotten hero was never the real hero, real hero can not be forgotten.

i didn't call myself a writer until everyone else did. i knew it was real then.

Behind every villain is a truth, whether it be perceived or actual.

Utility is the great idol of the age, to which all powers must do service and all talents swear allegiance.

I believe that if you go on a date and get to second base and then you go home alone and rub one out, that's like runs batted in.

Simplicity: The New Competitive Advantage in a World of More, Better, Faster.

Of course, change requires change. Until there is a felt need for change, it is only an event not a pattern.

As a student in London, I had seen so many shows, so many plays and had seen so many greats of the day.

In the islands of the Aegean Sea, every island is full of graves.

There were thousands of women in New York alone who could replace me in his life, but there was only one Gideon Cross.