“A woman will doubt everything you say except it be compliments to herself.”

The friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you.

Happiness is a habit—cultivate it.

The reward of a good deed is in having done it.

The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that you’ll make one.

To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing and be nothing.

An ounce of performance is worth more than a pound of preachment.

Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.

Business is a fight, a continual struggle, just as life is.

Pray that success will not come any faster than you are able to endure it.

Many people fail in life, not for lack of ability or brains or even courage but simply because they have never organized their energies around a goal.

Be pleasant until ten o’clock in the morning and the rest of the day will take care of itself.

If it was woman who put man out of Paradise, it is still woman, and woman only, who can lead him back.

The man who has no problems is out of the game.

I do not read a book; I hold a conversation with the author.

Failure — The man who can tell others what to do and how to do it, but never does it himself.

We work to become, not to acquire.

I take as a compliment. Long live equal rights.

You have had your last bad meal. But, you have also heard your last honest compliment, and you have lost your last true friend.

Wouldn’t you want to be indicted by the govenment for a high crime? It’s a great thrill. It’s an honor. It’s a compliment. It’s fun. I’m enjoying every minute of it!

Welcome the compliments, you deserve them more than you believe.

It’s great when talented people in the world, in the same business, can see your work and compliment you on what you’re doing and take a strong interest in your movements in your career.

The best compliment was Ben Kingsley coming up to me, putting his hand on the back of my neck, and saying, “Good job, son.”.

A lobster bisque ought to be the crowning glory of the potager. And this one was excellent. Silky as a gigolo’s compliment and fishy as a chancellor’s promise.

I always wanted to be more than my brown skin, when you told me I was sweet like cinnamon.