the fool is the one true cosmopolite - the one character common to all nationalities.

Habit is far stronger than the lessons of experience.

There's always trouble in the Middle East. I can't recall any time in my life when there hasn't been trouble there.

the fool is the one true cosmopolite - the one character common to all nationalities.

To the Latin, cynicism and middle age are synonymous. Look at our politicians - they move through their careers from left to center to right, like the hands of a clock.

Falling in love is like religious conversion. It goes on for a long time below the threshold before it reaches consciousness.

Money is an acquired taste. But, once acquired, it becomes an addiction.