How gratifying to be there when arrogance collapses. How much more so to be the instrument. (Alfred Gillette)

Learn always but never appear to be learning.

What a man can't remember doesn't exist for him.

Hope, perhaps the most dangerous of all emotions and perhaps the most necessary.

Hope is the only thing stronger than fear. A little hope is effective. A lot of hope is dangerous. A spark is just fine as long as its contained.

It doesn't bother me. Sure, everybody wants approval, but I came from the theatre and I've always treasured a remark from there which goes: 'For every six people who love you, there will be half a dozen who loathe you.' The quality of an author's work is not usually determined until after his death. Even Dickens got some pretty bad reviews.

The easiest thing in the world is to convince yourself that you're right. As one grows old, it is easier still.