Before I speak, I have something important to say.

A good liar must have a good memory.

All the perplexities, confusion and distress in America arise, not from defects in their Constitution or Confederation, not from want of honor or virtue, so much as from the downright ignorance of the nature of coin, credit and circulation.

Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.

Even if you are divine, you don't disdain male consorts.

It is by no means an irrational fancy that, in a future existence, we shall look upon what we think our present existence, as a dream.

Memory... is an internal rumour.

Entrepreneurs are simply those who understand that there is little difference between obstacle and opportunity and are able to turn both to their advantage.

To find a man's true character, play golf with him.

Do unto those downstream as you would have those upstream do unto you.

Modesty and conscientiousness receive their reward only in novels. In life they are exploited and then shoved aside.

You hear a lot of dialogue on the death of the American family. Families aren't dying. They're merging into big conglomerates.

By seeing London, I have seen as much of life as the world can show.

Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.

The poor are prevented from thinking by the discipline of others, the rich by their own.

Purity of heart is to will one thing.

I like to think of myself at home in the armchair, writing, smoking and occasionally wandering down the shop.

The speed of the leader is the speed of the gang.

Talk low, talk slow and don't say too much.

A hero cannot be a hero unless in a heroic world.

Children show me in their playful smiles the divine in everyone.