And by the same token, I appreciate math, because I can't do math. If I have to read a map or figure out the tip on a restaurant bill, I might start to tear up a little bit.

We all know that a sympathetic and intelligent listener not only flatters our vanity, but also frequently enables us to crystallize our own ideas to the best advantage. Why, then, do we so often refuse to perform this service?

Friendship is to be purchased only by friendship. A man may have authority over others, but he can never have their hearts but by giving his own.

I was studying acting in New York, and wasn't being hired by anyone to do anything other than to work in an Oriental rug warehouse.

The Devil never tempts us with more success than when he tempts us with a sight of our own good actions.

A great man is made so for others.

Intemperance in talk makes dreadful havoc in the heart.