A swift carriage, of a dark night, rattling with four horses over roads that one can’t see--that’s my idea of happiness.

Under certain circumstances there are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea.

It's time to start living the life you've imagined.

Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind.

We work in the dark - we do what we can - we give what we have. Our doubt is our passion, and our passion is our task. The rest is the madness of art.

Do not mind anything that anyone tells you about anyone else. Judge everyone and everything for yourself.

Everything about Florence seems to be colored with a mild violet, like diluted wine.

Excellence does not require perfection.

The Roman jurisprudence has the longest known history of any set of human institutions.

I'm yours for ever--for ever and ever. Here I stand; I'm as firm as a rock. If you'll only trust me, how little you'll be disappointed. Be mine as I am yours.

It's a complex fate, being an American, and one of the responsibilities it entails is fighting against a superstitious valuation of Europe.

Welcome to Paris, Anna. I'm glad you've come.

...sometimes I get tired. Sometimes I get bored. And sometimes all I want, more than anything else in the world, is to go on a freaking date.

There's no such thing as a goal cast in stone. It should be a living thing that becomes a part of your life.

We need days of failure because they help humble us, and through them we can see how God's grace is poured out on the humble.

Nice day for a funeral.

This administration here and now declares unconditional war on poverty.

As a brother and sister, our tastes were pretty different growing up. He liked a lot of early hip hop. My dad didn't understand it and would try to talk him out of it.

There are many trails up the mountain, but in time they all reach the top.

To avoid causing terror to living beings, let the disciple refrain from eating meat.

I looked into the mirror and saw this middle-aged woman who keeps invading my face.