Be content to be what you are, and prefer nothing to it, and do not fear or wish for your last day.

Life is not merely to be alive, but to be well.

Why do strong arms fatigue themselves with frivolous dumbbells? To dig a vineyard is worthier exercise for men.

The spirit of the individual is determined by his dominating thought habits.

There is nothing more revolting than an old busybody.

I would not miss your face, your neck, your hands, your limbs, your bosom and certain other of your charms. Indeed, not to become boring by naming them all, I could do without you, Chloe, altogether.

Rarity gives a charm; so early fruits and winter roses are the most prized; and coyness sets off an extravagant mistress, while the door always open tempts no suitor.

Each day provides its own gifts.

Tomorrow's life is too late. Live today.

Here's a rule of life: You don't get to pick what bad things happen to you

There is no living with thee, nor without thee.

True men and women are all physicians to make us well.

John McCain's choice of Sarah Palin as running mate is the towering example of his poor judgment. Palins ignorance of public affairs is monumental.

God sacrifices himself for man and puts himself where only man deserves to be.

The quest of Truth involves tapas-self-suffering-sometimes even unto death.

I think that, generally, you need to live with your sport 24 hours a day.

To be honest, as an actor, job security is not a trait.

Sincerity must be bought at a price: the humility to recognize our innumerable errors, and fidelity in tirelessly setting them right.

We live in an interdependent world. Every time you cut off somebody else's opportunities, you shrink your own horizons.

Spiritual energy flows in and produces effects, psychological or material, within the phenomenal world.

Prayers born out of murmuring are always dangerous. When, therefore, we are in a discontented mood, let'us take care what we cry for, lest God give it to us, and thereby punish us.