There is no harm in a man's cub.

Beware of overconcern for money, or position, or glory. Someday you will meet a man who cares for none of these things. Then you will know how poor you are.

I keep six honest serving men (they taught me all i knew); Theirs names are What and Why and When And How And Where and Who.

A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition

Of all the liars in the world, sometimes the worst are our own fears.

This is a brief life, but in its brevity it offers us some splendid moments, some meaningful adventures.

If you can keep your wits about you while all others are losing theirs, and blaming you. The world will be yours and everything in it, what's more, you'll be a man, my son.

I am by nature a dealer in words, and words are the most powerful drug known to humanity.

The silliest woman can manage a clever man; but it needs a very clever woman to manage a fool.

There is no sin so great as ignorance. Remember this.

Never look backwards or you'll fall down the stairs.

A man who cant discuss ideas, especially those that are not a reflection of him, is not open to himself

Do not allow any discouragement in your soul.

I don’t like a man to be too efficient. He’s likely to be not human enough.

The fatt man knoweth not, what the leane thinketh.

Simplicity in character, in manners, in style; in all things the supreme excellence is simplicity.

Nobody can ever say that being negative ever helped them at all - not in any way.

I detest flying anywhere. Left to my own devices, I'd never leave my keyboard.

You can't learn to write that way - by writing directly for the screen. Wait until you're 30. But in the meantime write 200 short stories. You've got to learn how to write!

He that would live clear of envy must lay his finger on his mouth, and keep his hand out of the ink-pot.

It is not what you do, but what you stop doing that matters.