A little humour is good for the soul - regardless of how old you may be.
Our actions are like the terminations of verses, which we rhyme as we please.
Marriage is the only war in which you sleep with the enemy.
A man often imagines that he acts, when he is acted upon.
If we took as much pains to be what we ought, as we do to deceive others by disguising what we are; we might appear as we are, without being at the trouble of any disguise.
To be a great man it is necessary to know how to profit by the whole of our good fortune.
Jealousy is in some measure just and reasonable, since it merely aims at keeping something that belongs to us or we think belongsto us, whereas envy is a frenzy that cannot bear anything that belongs to others.
Receive wealth or prosperity without arrogance; and be ready to let it go.
Meal isn't over when I'm full. Meal's over when I hate myself.
I promised myself that no matter where I went, what I did, I'd never take anything for granted again.
I threw [Picasso's] drawing on the floor and in doing so, threw away about £50m.