Work is the rent you pay for the room you occupy on earth.

A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one.

The two offices of memory are collection and distribution.

A jug fills drop by drop.

Of puns it has been said that those who most dislike them are those who are least able to utter them.

Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart.

In ballet a complicated story is impossible to tell... we can't dance synonyms.

I have great faith in fools; self-confidence my friends call it.

Nothing is black or white.

Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future.

You don't have to be the Dalai Lama to tell people that life's about change.

I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.

We princes are set as it were upon stages in the sight and view of the world.

There are no good girls gone wrong - just bad girls found out.

In the intellectual order, the virtue of humility is nothing more nor less than the power of attention.

There are no facts, only interpretations.

Comedy is acting out optimism.

A scientific man ought to have no wishes, no affections, - a mere heart of stone.

Thought is free.

Never lend your car to someone you've given birth to.

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