Fear may come true that which one is afraid of.

A good liar must have a good memory.

Like religion, politics, and family planning, cereal is not a topic to be brought up in public. It's too controversial.

Parents are usually more careful to bestow knowledge on their children rather than virtue, the art of speaking well rather than doing well; but their manners should be of the greatest concern.

Purity of heart is to will one thing.

It's better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone.

Being an intellectual creates a lot of questions and no answers.

A hero cannot be a hero unless in a heroic world.

Our greatest foes - and whom we must chiefly combat - are within.

Every man's memory is his private literature.

The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew.

People think I'm a miserable sod but it's only because I get asked such bloody miserable questions.

The gift of words is the gift of deception and illusion.

I love Madrid. I am happy to be here. I have been here three years and hope to be here longer. But I am proud of where I come from and never forget the people I grew up with.

An idea is salvation by imagination

Time means a lot to me because you see I am also a learner and am often lost in the joy of forever developing.

Anybody who watches three games of football in a row should be declared brain dead.

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.

You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it.

Sometimes glass glitters more than diamonds because it has more to prove.

I do not argue with obstinate men. I act in spite of them.