Age, that acquaints us with infirmities in ourselves, should make us tender in our reprehension of weakness elsewhere.

False friends are like our shadow, keeping close to us while we walk in the sunshine, but leaving us the instant we cross into the shade.

Doubt whom you will, but never yourself.

Our first and last love is self-love.

The scope of an intellect is not to be measured with a tape-string, or a character deciphered from the shape or length of a nose.

It is the passion that is in a kiss that gives to it its sweetness; it is the affection in a kiss that sanctifies it.

We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them.

The opinions of the misanthropical rest upon this very partial basis, that they adopt the bad faith of a few as evidence of the worthlessness of all.

The lively and mercurial are as open books, with the leaves turned down at the notable passages. Their souls sit at the windows of their eyes, seeing and to be seen.

Tears are nature's lotion for the eyes. The eyes see better for being washed by them.

The passions are like fire, useful in a thousand ways and dangerous only in one, through their excess.

All the reasons you fell in love are still there, but perhaps buried under worries and responsibility. Find them again, then hang in there. Truly, the best is yet to come.

You have no idea how hard it is to grieve and fall madly in love at the same time.

She can sit up and beg, and she can give her paw — I don't say she will, but she can.

You were given life; it is your duty (and also your entitlement as a human being) to find something beautiful within life, no matter how slight.

I mean that everything this afternoon has been too beautiful, and that perhaps everything together will never be so right again. I'm very glad therefore you've been a part of it.

God is working on your problem. Stay calm. Stay sweet. Stay out of fear and keep on keeping on.

Be not like the bird that sees the seed, but not the trap.

Life seems to be busy for most people and if you know you are doing the best you can then there really is nothing more you can do then that.

The friendship of a great man is a favor of the gods.

Here in Florida, we have something special we never enjoyed at Disneyland: the blessing of size. There's enough land here to hold all of the ideas and plans we can possibly imagine.