Only if we can restrain ourselves is good conversation possible. Good talk rises upon much discipline. – John Erskine
Theres a difference between beauty and charm. A beautiful woman is one I notice. A charming woman is one who notices me. – John Erskine
Opinion is that exercise of the human will which helps us to make a decision without information. – John Erskine
Music is the only language in which you cannot say a mean or sarcastic thing. – John Erskine
However mean your life is, meet it and live it: do not shun it and call it hard names. Cultivate poverty like a garden herb, like sage. Do not trouble yourself much to get new things, whether clothes or friends. Things do not change, we change. Sell your clothes and keep your thoughts. – Henry David Thoreau