"Dost thou not know, my son, with how little wisdom the world is governed?"

"A child's life is like a piece of paper on which every person leaves a mark."

"The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining."

"In the whole wretched business there was something generous that was doing its best to flower."

"Today, the theory of evolution is an accepted fact for everyone but a fundamentalist minority, whose objections are based not on reasoning but on doctrinaire adherence to religious principles."

"Pain makes man think. Thought makes man wise. Wisdom makes life endurable."

"My driving abilities from Mexico have helped me get through Hollywood."

"Everything has its beauty but not everyone sees it."

"Unfortunate is he who cannot gain a few sincere friends during his life and more unfortunate is the one who has gained them and then lost them (through his deeds)."

"Self-control is the chief element in self-respect and self-respect is the chief element in courage."