A fair woman shall not only command without authority but persuade without speaking.

It is the nature of the strong heart, that like the palm tree it strives ever upwards when it is most burdened.

In forming a judgment, lay your hearts void of foretaken opinions; else, whatsoever is done or said, will be measured by a wrong rule; like them who have jaundice, to whom everything appears yellow.

It is a great happiness to be praised of them that are most praise-worthy.

My true love hath my heart, and I have his

The ingredients of health and long life, are great temperance, open air, easy labor, and little care.

Either I will find a way, or I will make one.

Like the air-invested heron, great persons should conduct themselves; and the higher they be, the less they should show.

Happiness is a sunbeam, which may pass though a thousand bosoms without losing a particle of its original ray.

If you neglect your work, you will dislike it; if you do it well, you will enjoy it

Cupid makes it his sport to pull the warrior's plum.

Heroes don't have friends, they have fans.

Keep on dreaming, you will get to your destination.

Globalization is a fact of economic life

Popular literature and culture used to reflect people's aspirations, pain, and passion. All those particular things are no longer available to us.

Proust again: One can only wish that a man with such powers of total recall had led a less tedious life, moved among somewhat livelier circles.

Envy is the central fact of American life.

On the last day, God will not acquit us because our good works were good enough, but he will look for evidence that our good confession was not phony. It’s in this sense that we must be holy.

Compassion is a mixed passion, composed of love and sorrow.

What matters most is that each picture stands on its own with its own place and feeling.

Judged by the dollars spent, gambling is now more popular in America than baseball, the movies, and Disneyland-combined.