Cant is the voluntary overcharging or prolongation of a real sentiment; hypocrisy is the setting up a pretension to a feeling you never had and have no wish for.

The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves.

A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles.

Grace has been defined as the outward expression of the inward harmony of the soul.

Do not keep on with a mockery of friendship after the substance is gone - but part, while you can part friends. Bury the carcass of friendship: it is not worth embalming.

There is no prejudice so strong as that which arises from a fancied exemption from all prejudice.

Those who are at war with others are not at peace with themselves.

The more we do, the more we can do; the more busy we are, the more leisure we have.

Fashion is gentility running away from vulgarity and afraid of being overtaken

I'm not smart, but I like to observe. Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton was the one who asked why.

We are very much what others think of us. The reception our observations meet with gives us courage to proceed, or damps our efforts.

Don’t wait for things to happen. Make them happen.

I do love you, but I can no longer wait for you to figure out how to love me in a way that makes us both feel good.

Don't be a pleaser of people just because of the fear of the losing your position. You cease to be a true leader when you do so!

There is nothing we could add to that which has already been created....perfection.

Advice is one thing that is freely given away, but watch that you only take what is worth having.

Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.

The word 'paradox' has always had a kind of magic for me, and I think my pictures have a paradoxical quality, a paradox of chaos and order in one.

We are where we are, however we got here. What matters is where we go next.

In general, pride is at the bottom of all great mistakes.

But now I knew that true love was above all that and that it would be better to die than to fail to love.