A person who looks different all the time frightens me. Only one animal changes its skin: the snake.

Let no one say that taking action is hard. Action is aided by courage, by the moment, by impulse, and the hardest thing in the world is making a decision.

I'd wish the government took honest people into consideration, it shows enough consideration for scoundrels.

Perhaps the most embarrassing experience is being caught at a lie by a simpleton who sneers at our asinine cleverness.

Morality, a muzzle for the will; logic, a climbing iron for the mind.

The present is never poetic as it serves necessity, necessity, however, is prosaic.

Gold is the gift of vanity and common pride, but flowers are the gift of love and friendship.