Elegance is something more than ease; it is more than a freedom from awkwardness or restraint. It implies, I conceive, a precision, a polish, a sparkling, spirited yet delicate.

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.

Dreams fuel human beings imaginative response to existence.

In search of Magnum opus - perhaps you were divined to be mine.

It takes a while for revelry to turn to reverence, and much repetition of truth to eventual turn young zeal into habitual channels for good.

A monster, some called her. But in the shadows, only said in whispers, she was an angel in red.

He who curbs his desires will always be rich enough.

To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent that is to triumph over old age.

You get an image after you act in a film, but it is not necessary that you last long because of that image.

Evil lives in a pit. If you want to fight it – you must climb down in the slime to do so.

The United States of America will not permit the world's most dangerous regimes to threaten us with the world's most destructive weapons.

It takes 25 years to learn to draw, one hour to learn to paint.