Enthusiasm is the inspiration of everything great.

False friends are like our shadow, keeping close to us while we walk in the sunshine, but leaving us the instant we cross into the shade.

Doubt whom you will, but never yourself.

Our first and last love is self-love.

The scope of an intellect is not to be measured with a tape-string, or a character deciphered from the shape or length of a nose.

It is the passion that is in a kiss that gives to it its sweetness; it is the affection in a kiss that sanctifies it.

We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them.

The opinions of the misanthropical rest upon this very partial basis, that they adopt the bad faith of a few as evidence of the worthlessness of all.

The lively and mercurial are as open books, with the leaves turned down at the notable passages. Their souls sit at the windows of their eyes, seeing and to be seen.

Tears are nature's lotion for the eyes. The eyes see better for being washed by them.

The passions are like fire, useful in a thousand ways and dangerous only in one, through their excess.

Sometimes people are beautiful.Not in looks.Not in what they say.Just in what they are.

Fight fire with fire, only adds more negative energy to the situation, making it worse.

Sometimes life gets weird. Hang in there, it gets better.

I respect anyone who's honest to themselves and able to bring that into their work in an entertaining fashion.

Profundity and originality are attributes of single, if not singular, minds.

States have two kinds of power: latent power and military power.

Aid can work where there is good governance, and usually fails where governments are unable or unwilling to commit aid to improve the lives of their people.

If I have an idea in my head, within no time it's into the computer, it may take more time to make it sound right, but that's the only issue.

We cannot live as Christians separate from the rock who is Christ. He gives us strength and stability, but also joy and serenity.

Things just seemed to go too wrong too many times.