Among the smaller duties in life I hardly know any one more important than that of not praising when praise is not due.

Whatever you are by nature, keep to it; never desert your line of talent. Be what nature intended you for, and you will succeed.

If you want to improve your understanding, drink coffee.

Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love and to be loved is the greatest happiness of existence.

Madam, I have been looking for a person who disliked gravy all my life; let us swear eternal friendship.

Thank God for tea! What would the world do without tea! How did it exist? I am glad I was not born before tea.

The thing about performance, even if it's only an illusion, is that it is a celebration of the fact that we do contain within ourselves infinite possibilities.

A man who wishes to make his way in life could do no better than go through the world with a boiling tea-kettle in his hand.

You find people ready enough to do the Samaritan, without the oil and twopence.

A comfortable house is a great source of happiness. It ranks immediately after health and a good conscience.

In composing, as a general rule, run your pen through every other word you have written; you have no idea what vigor it will give your style.

The art of teaching lies in communicating the mystery of the universe without taking the mystery out of it.

What is the proper limit for wealth? It is first to have what is necessary and second to have what is enough.

They also swear who only stand and wait.

People are mad a Donald Trump for allegedly making a joke about Megyn Kelly having her period. Trump said, 'Trust me, I know what goes on down there, because I'm a huge douche.'

I tried, it was hard, I quit, the end. Story of my life.

I've done four movies. I've done seven albums. So I feel like music has always been a part of my life; acting is something I'm learning.

One man finds in religion his literature and his science, another finds in it his joy and his duty.

Synchronicity...means a 'meaningful coincidence' of outer and inner events that are not themselves causally connected. The emphasis lies on the word 'meaningful'.

When it comes to letting the world in on the secrets of his heart, he has about as much shrinking reticence as a steam calliope.

I am very aware of being black and female because that's what I am.