An aphorism is the last link in a long chain of thought.

None are so inconsiderate as those who demand nothing of life other than their own personal comfort.

Misanthropy is a suit of armor lined with thorns.

Many think they have a kind heart who have only weak nerves.

An intelligent woman has millions of born enemies... all the stupid men.

We are so vain that we even care for the opinion of those we don't care for.

Calmness is the graceful form of Confidence.

Exceptions are not always the proof of the old rule; they can also be the harbinger of a new one.

Nothing is so often and so irrevocably missed as the opportunity which crops up daily.

There are very few honest friends--the demand is not particularly great.

Pain is the great teacher of mankind. Beneath its breath souls develop.

You may plainly perceive the traitor through his mask

My focus is to stay up the middle. If I'm a little early I'll hit it to left, if I'm a little late, I'll hit it to right.

By 1962, King had become, by the media's reckoning, the new civil rights leader.

Life is to short to be little.

I believe that everything happens for a reason, but I think it's important to seek out that reason - that's how we learn.

The hand that wields the knife shall never wear the crown.

I just want to live my life the best way I can and enjoy the moment that I have off the court because you need to find a good balance. I think this is very important.

To us, waiting is wasting. To God waiting is working.

In truth, knowledge is a great and very useful quality; those who despise it give evidence enough of their stupidity. Yet I do not set its value at that extreme measure that some attribute to it.

But I can't say that I didn't like John Hammond's performances often better than the originals.