Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us.

Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died.

Courage is being scared to death... and saddling up anyway.

Self-esteem comes from being able to define the world in your own terms and refusing to abide by the judgments of others.

To find a man's true character, play golf with him.

To the young people I say, you are a gift to your communities and indeed the world. You are our hope and our future.

Animals, whom we have made our slaves, we do not like to consider our equal.

I could see that, if not actually disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled.

To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities.

Let us try to teach generosity and altruism, because we are born selfish.

I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something that I can do.

No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.

I like to think of myself at home in the armchair, writing, smoking and occasionally wandering down the shop.

Dare to risk public criticism.

I would define, in brief, the poetry of words as the rhythmical creation of Beauty.

Maybe, just once, someone will call me 'Sir' without adding, 'You're making a scene.'

No temptation can gravitate to a man unless there is that in his heart which is capable of responding to it.

When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.

Memory... is an internal rumour.

Give them pleasure. The same pleasure they have when they wake up from a nightmare.

The paranoid is never entirely mistaken.