"Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot"

"All I need to make a comedy is a park, a policeman and a pretty girl."

"Nothing is permanent in this wicked world - not even our troubles."

"Actors search for rejection. If they don't get it they reject themselves."

"Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself."

"I don't believe that the public knows what it wants; this is the conclusion that I have drawn from my career."

"The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary."

"We ust find our duties in what comes to us, not in what might have been."

"True happiness involves the full use of one's power and talents."

"By learning to obey, you will know how to command."

"In a republic the first rule for the guidance of the citizen is obedience of the law."

"All great deeds and all great thoughts have a ridiculous beginning."