Isn't it funny that at Christmas something in you gets so lonely for - I don't know what exactly, but it's something that you don't mind so much not having at other times.

What puppets we humans are - what puppets! Born without permission, dying when it is neither pleasant nor convenient, we are made to march or crawl through life on the edge of a precipice from which at any moment we may be knocked over. And we're told we should believe the experience is a privilege!

A man may be made in one generation, but a lady never!

It isn't bad judgment to make a man believe he is something. He is by nature inclined to it, and a little encouragement is good for most people.

A man would rather fail according to his own ideas than succeed according to another's.

People are generally opposed to things they know nothing about.

When you can't change a thing, don't let it change you.

There's nothing a man can stand so much of as praise.

Nothing shows the kind of fool you are as quick as your tongue.

As long as I am on this little planet I expect to love a lot of people and I hope they will love me in return.