When I hear somebody sigh, 'Life is hard,' I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what?'.

When I hear somebody sigh, 'Life is hard,' I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what?'.

The face of Garbo is an Idea, that of Hepburn an Event.

The face of Garbo is an Idea, that of Hepburn an Event.

There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there read more

There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there is between the counsel of a friend and a flatterer.

No man is so foolish but he may sometimes give another good counsel, and no man so wise that he read more

No man is so foolish but he may sometimes give another good counsel, and no man so wise that he may not easily err if he takes no other counsel than his own. He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.

Remember you are just an extra in everyone else's play.

Remember you are just an extra in everyone else's play.

You live with your thoughts -- so be careful what they are.

You live with your thoughts -- so be careful what they are.

I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.

I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.

Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.

Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.

To listen to some devout people, one would imagine that God never laughs.

To listen to some devout people, one would imagine that God never laughs.