Castles in the air cost a vast deal to keep up.

How many of us have been attracted to reason; first learned to think, to draw conclusions, to extract a moral from the follies of life, by some dazzling aphorism.

The conscience is the most flexible material in the world. Today you cannot stretch it over a mole hill; while tomorrow it can hide a mountain.

He who writes prose builds his temple to Fame in rubble; he who writes verses builds it in granite.

Genius is but fine observation strengthened by fixity of purpose.

Men are valued, not for what they are, but for what they seem to be.

A fresh mind keeps the body fresh. Take in the ideas of the day, drain off those of yesterday.

A good cigar is as great a comfort to a man as a good cry to a woman.

Punctuality is the stern virtue of men of business, and the graceful courtesy of princes.

Love has no thought of self! Love buys not with the ruthless usurer's gold The loathsome prostitution of a hand Without a heart! Love sacrifices all things To bless the thing it loves!

A fresh mind keeps the body fresh.

Become great in God’s eyes so as to bring freedom to your people

Life as a defeated warrior with dignity is lot better than the king ruling without it.

Despair is criminal.

I should have been a much better artist if I could have studied more and amused myself less.

I enjoy them both [singing and acting] a great deal. I have a passion for both. Maybe acting just a little bit more because it's more of a challenge for me, while music comes so easily.

Did you ever walk through a room that's packed with people, and feel so lonely you can hardly take the next step?

Every film I make I feel like I am getting a mini-masters degree, it's a wonderful life path and you get to immerse yourself in an intriguing world for a couple of years.

In New York in 1915 I bought at a hardware store a snow shovel on which I wrote in advance of the broken arm .

Some of [drummers] drop time because they want to hear what you're doin'.

Part of being optimistic is keeping one's head pointed toward the sun, one's feet moving forward.