Evil often triumphs but never conquers.

God often visits us, but most of the time we are not at home.

When orators and auditors have the same prejudices, those prejudices run a great risk of being made to stand for incontestable truths.

Solitude vivifies, isolation kills.

Poetry is truth in its Sunday clothes.

Poetry is the exquisite expression of exquisite impressions.

A fine quotation is a diamond in the hand of a man of wit and a pebble in the hand of a fool.

There is a slowness in affairs which ripens them, and a slowness which rots them.

Nothing vivifies, and nothing kills, like the emotions.

I look at what I have not and think myself unhappy; others look at what I have and think me happy.

Conscientious men are, almost everywhere, less encouraged than tolerated.

One big blow can hit and destroy any strong door in front of you. As for the 1000 feeble blows, they can’t even remove the cobwebs. Courage is the key.

You must give up the life you planned in order to have the life that is waiting for you.

You can’t live your life for other people. You've got to do what’s right for you, even if it hurts some people you love.

No man can be happy without a friend nor be sure of his friend till he is unhappy.

I want to direct. Definitely a goal of mine.

I can't stress the importance of working hard enough, work on all aspects of your game. If you does that and you have the ability, you'll come through.

Under our Constitution, presidents have something called 'veto power.

I personally love Jennifer Lawrence. She's an amazing actress, but so young and fresh and youthful.

With my luck, if I ever invested in General Motors, they'd bust it to Corporal!

People first, then money, then things.