Enthusiasm is the inspiration of everything great. Without it no man is to be feared, and with it none despised.

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.

Just a few questions for you, Mr. Dunne. Or Kenny. Can I call you Kenny? I feel we've become friends in these past few seconds. Can I call you Kenny?

I want history to jump on Canada's spine with sharp skates.

In the whole of the universe there are only two: the lover and the beloved.

In the process of simplifying oneself, one often discovers the thing called voice.

We'll go back to the moon by not learning anything new.

Guys are natural problem solvers - they like to have strategies.

It sounds gross to say that I like myself more. But not everyone likes themselves that much. Especially in the comedy world.

It is so great that fashion is not a question of price, and it can be more accessible to everyone interested in fashion.

Judgment consists not in seeing through deceptions and evil intentions, but in being able to awaken the decency dormant in every person.

Many of us do not believe in any form of idolatry; but they have no right to object when others do it.