The gratification of wealth is not found in mere possession or in lavish expenditure, but in its wise application.

In the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed

Wrinkles are engraved smiles.

Is it not enough that 'things are cruel and blind'? Must we also be cruel and blind?

Life swings like a pendulum backward and forward between pain and boredom.

A wise girl kisses but doesn't love, listens but doesn't believe, and leaves before she is left.

If I'm honest I have to tell you I still read fairy-tales and I like them best of all.

Safeguarding the rights of others is the most noble and beautiful end of a human being.

Don't let making a living prevent you from making a life.

I'd trade all my tomorrows for a single yesterday.

A woman may very well form a friendship with a man, but for this to endure, it must be assisted by a little physical antipathy.

To one extent, if you've seen one city slum, you've seen them all.

Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough

Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, and I'm going to be happy in it.

Wrinkles should merely indicate where the smiles have been.

The only creatures that are evolved enough to convey pure love are dogs and infants.

Never, ever underestimate the power of 'Id Like that.

Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.

No social problem is as universal as the oppression of the child

I can't help thinking that there are only one or two ways of being brought into this world, but there are so many fucked-up ways of leaving it.

A man's true character comes out when he's drunk.