"Do not accustom yourself to use big words for little matters."

"People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed."

"Adversity has ever been considered the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself."

"It is better to live rich than to die rich."

"He who makes a beast of himself, gets rid of the pain of being a man."

"Such seems to be the disposition of man, that whatever makes a distinction produces rivalry."

"People seldom see the halting and painful steps by which the most insignificant success is achieved."

"He that blows the coals in quarrels that he has nothing to do with, has no right to complain if the sparks fly in his face."

"Courage without conscience is a wild beast."

"There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want; and, after that, to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second."

"Peace is the happy, natural state of man; war corruption, his disgrace."

"When an actor comes to me and wants to discuss his character, I say, 'It's in the script.' If he says, 'But what's my motivation?, ' I say, 'Your salary.'"