Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect.
Calamities are of two kinds: misfortunes to ourselves, and good fortune to others.
You must not think me necessarily foolish because I am facetious, nor will I consider you necessarily wise because you are grave.
It is wonderful how quickly you get used to things, even the most astonishing.
Never be a cynic, even a gentle one. Never help out a sneer, even at the devil.
Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it.
I have enjoyed greatly the second blooming... suddenly you find - at the age of 50, say - that a whole new life has opened before you.
For me, it's that I contributed, ... That I'm on this planet doing some good and making people happy. That's to me the most important thing, that my hour of television is positive and upbeat and an antidote for all the negative stuff going on in life.
I am not an adventurer by choice but by fate.