There is no guiding principle, because the work that is created in collaborations should be created from its own principles.
We're all self-made men, but not very many of us have stayed on the job.
The hardest thing is to take less when you can get more.
Next to a circus there ain't nothing that packs up and tears out faster than the Christmas spirit.
Of all the home remedies, a good wife is best.
Nobody ever forgets where he buried the hatchet.
Some fellows get credit for being conservative when they are only stupid.
[When asked how many husbands she'd had:] Two of my own, my dear, and several of my friends'.
There is mercy in every place. And mercy, encouraging thought gives even affliction a grace and reconciles man to his lot.
Turtles have always been my sigil, I suppose. When I was a kid, growing up in Bayonne, NJ, I lived in a federal housing project, and we were not allowed to have a dog or cats. The only pets I could have were turtles. So, I had an entire toy castle filled with dime-store turtles. I gave them all names, and since they were living in a toy castle, I decided they were all knights and kingsand I made up stories about how they killed each other and betrayed each other and fought for the kingdom. So, Game of Thrones, actually began with turtles. I decided later to recast it with actual human beings.
In a brief space the generations of beings are changed, and, like runners, pass on the torches of life.