Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

The average man’s life consists of: Twenty years of having his mother ask him where he is going, Forty years of having his wife ask the same question; and at the end, the mourners wondering too.

Pleasure is the sincerest compliment.

The measure of a man is what he does with power.

Peoplespend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idledreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill theemptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed tosearch was within.

Neversay more than is necessary.

A lie has no leg, but a scandel has wings

Parents these days scarcely bring up children; they finance them.

Whoever does not know the truth is ignorant, but the one who knows the truth but denies is a criminal

Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, Beautiful old people are works of art.

Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they getinto a position of power, corrupt power.

When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannothurt you.