Thanksgiving dinners take eighteen hours to prepare. They are consumed in twelve minutes. Half-times take twelve minutes. This is not coincidence.
It is easier to ask of the poor than of the rich.
Three o'clock in the morning. The soft April night is looking at my windows and caressingly winking at me with its stars. I can't sleep, I am so happy.
I promise to be an excellent husband, but give me a wife who, like the moon, will not appear every day in my sky.
There are plenty of good people, but only a very, very few are precise and disciplined.
In nature a repulsive caterpillar turns into a lovely butterfly. But with human beings it is the other way round: a lovely butterfly turns into a repulsive caterpillar.
There should be more sincerity and heart in human relations, more silence and simplicity in our interactions. Be rude when you're angry, laugh when something is funny, and answer when you're asked.
Our humor turns our anger into a fine art.
Truth is the most precious thing. That's why we should ration it.
You do not have to be superhuman to do what you believe in.
Statesmanship is developed in the hard knocks of general experience, private and public.