Of all the things I`ve lost I miss my mind the most.

We often discover what will do by finding out what will not do; and probably he who never made a mistake never made a discovery.

I have a simple philosophy. Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. And scratch where it itches.

I am not interested in picking up crumbs of compassion thrown from the table of someone who considers himself my master. I want the full menu of rights.

There are two things children should get from their parents: roots and wings.

Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.

The difficulty is to try and teach the multitude that something can be true and untrue at the same time.

When it is not in our power to determine what is true, we ought to follow what is most probable.

Anything that makes weak - physically, intellectually and spiritually, reject it as poison.

Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays.

The fascination of shooting as a sport depends almost wholly on whether you are at the right or wrong end of the gun.

Rich men's houses are seldom beautiful, rarely comfortable, and never original. It is a constant source of surprise to people of moderate means to observe how little a big fortune contributes to Beauty.

He alone, who owns the youth, gains the future.

I meant what I said and I said what I meant.

By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.

All battles are fought by scared men who'd rather be some place else.

A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age.

All is mine but nothing owned, nothing owned for memory, and mine only while I look.

Could be worse . . . I could be Sting.

The death of a beautiful woman, is unquestionably the most poetical topic in the world.

I'm not afraid of dying I just don't want to be there when it happens.