Never be a cynic, even a gentle one. Never help out a sneer, even at the devil.
The world tolerates conceit from those who are successful, but not from anybody else.
Be a good listener. Your ears will never get you in trouble.
I have always felt that a politician is to be judged by the animosities he excites among his opponents.
I don't mind what language an opera is sung in so long as it is a language I don't understand.
I lived what most people call the good life. I was happy, but deep inside I always felt that, with the short amount of time we are given to live and love in this world, we spend too much time loving things instead of people.
Better by far you should forget and smile than you should remember and be sad.