"If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to."
— Dorothy Parker

"As the poet said, 'Only God can make a tree' -- probably because it's so hard to figure out how to get the bark on."
— Woody Allen

"They can conquer who believe they can."
— Publius Vergilius Maro

"Don't try to solve serious matters in the middle of the night."
— Phillip K. Dick

"Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better."
— Ralph Waldo Emerson

"It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating."
— Oscar Wilde

"Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can; all of them make me laugh."
— W.H. Auden

"It is a great thing to know your vices."
— Marcus Tullius Cicero

"What the world needs is more geniuses with humility, there are so few of us left."
— Oscar Levant

"Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song;
a medley of extemporanea;
And love is a thing that can never go wrong;
and I am Marie of Romania."
— Dorothy Parker