Curiosity is its own suicide.

Imagination is to love what gas is to the balloon-that which raises it from earth.

I think hearts are very much like glasses. If they do not break with the first ring, they usually last a considerable time.

Ah, tell me not that memory sheds gladness o'er the past, what is recalled by faded flowers, save that they did not last?

Social life is filled with doubts and vain aspirings; solitude, when the imagination is dethroned, is turned to weariness and ennui.

The heart's hushed secret in the soft dark eye.

Ah, tell me not that memory Sheds gladness o'er the past; What is recalled by faded flowers, Save that they did not last? Were it not better to forget, Than but remember and regret?

In sad truth, half our forebodings of our neighbors are but our own wishes, which we are ashamed to utter in any other form.

An apt quotation is like a lamp which flings its light over the whole sentence.

there is nothing so easy as to be wise for others; a species of prodigality, by-the-by - for such wisdom is wholly wasted.

Strange mystery of our nature, that those in whom genius develops itself in imagination, thus taking its most ethereal form, should yet be the most dependent on the opinions of others!

An inch long scar on my left wrist, reminded me of an enchanted world of love, which had vanished like a mirage.

God shapes the world by prayer. Prayers are deathless. They outlive the lives of those who uttered them.

For an actress there is no greater gift than having a camera in front of you, listening to the most beautiful music in the world and just being looked at!

As a homeschooling parent, I have often wondered who learns more in our family, the parent or the child. The topic I seem to be learning the most about is the nature of learning itself.

Really life is about narcissism; no one is ever thinking about you much. You always think people are thinking about you way more than they are.

Man's triumph will consist in substituting the struggle for existence by a struggle for mutual service.

I've got my dad's height and smoking habit. But I think I've got my mum's looks and sensibilities.

Unless it's an emergency, don't bother me after 6:00 p.m. and on weekends.

You don't want 300 million Americans putting their money under the mattress.