The traditional ways were wrongly disowned by Christianity - in hindsight, medicine men were not demons but very important counsellors in the community.

One must judge men not by their opinions, but by what their opinions have made of them.

The spirit of man is an inward flame; a lamp the world blows upon but never puts out.

Confusion of goals and perfection of means seems, in my opinion, to characterize our age.

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

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

Authority, without any condition and reservation, belongs to the nation.

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

Hollywood brides keep the bouquets and throw away the grooms.

All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.

Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.

I am one of those who think like Nobel, that humanity will draw more good than evil from new discoveries.

I am dying from the treatment of too many physicians.

Who the hell wants fourteen pairs of shoes when they go on holiday? I haven't had fourteen pairs in my life.

A good liar must have a good memory.

Every man's memory is his private literature.

Dare to risk public criticism.

Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.

There is more to sex appeal than just measurements. I don't need a bedroom to prove my womanliness. I can convey just as much sex appeal, picking apples off a tree or standing in the rain.

Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world.

It seldom happens that any felicity comes so pure as not to be tempered and allayed by some mixture of sorrow.