A gentleman does not appear to know more or to be more than those with whom he is thrown into company.

The highest courage is to dare to appear to be what one is

Women are aristocrats, and it is always the mother who makes us feel that we belong to the better sort.

Each forward step we take we leave some phantom of ourselves behind.

We are more disturbed by a calamity which threatens us than by one which has befallen us.

As memory may be a paradise from which we cannot be driven, it may also be a hell from which we cannot escape.

Dislike of another's opinions and beliefs neither justifies our own nor makes us more certain of them: and to transfer the repugnance to the person himself is a mark of a vulgar mind.

Your faith is what you believe, not what you know.

What we love to do we find time to do.

Those who believe in our ability do more than stimulate us. They create for us an atmosphere in which it becomes easier to succeed.

When we have not the strength or the courage to grasp a new truth, we persuade ourselves that it is not a truth at all.

When an artist friend of mine explained she was working her way up the creative ladder, I asked if she would kindly paint the front of my house on the way up.

If I have to question a friendship, then it wasn't a friendship to begin with.

Kindness is the greatest gift for the humanity. Nothing is more important than to be kind to each other.

When we ask people to live their lives through our models, we are potentially reducing life itself. How can we ever know what we might be losing?

We have real enemies in the world. These enemies must be found. They must be pursued and they must be defeated.

Protecting the weak is the first step to enlightenment and being truly civilized.

Arguments are too much like disputes.

Nature is a gentle guide, but not more sweet and gentle than prudent and just.

That is all the perspective you need!

Only enemies speak the truth; friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty.