In a sleepy$$$ morning hour — at 5 A.M.$$$ I discover I've fallen in love with you.

If you can't convince them$$$ confuse them.

A man who desires to soften another man's heart$$$ should always abuse himself. In softening a woman's heart$$$ he should abuse her.

A novelist's characters must be with him as he lies down to sleep$$$ and as he wakes from his dreams. He must learn to hate them and to love them.

Above all else$$$ never think you're not good enough.

Nobody holds a good opinion of a man who holds a low opinion of himself.

Government is an association of men who do violence to the rest of us.

There will be today$$$ there will be tomorrow$$$ there will be always$$$ and there was yesterday$$$ and there was the day before...

In the best$$$ the friendliest and simplest relations flattery or praise is necessary$$$ just as grease is necessary to keep wheels turning.

Historians are like deaf people who go on answering questions that no one has asked them.