Forward, always forward, everywhere forward.

There is no art without contemplation.

Environmental concern is a phenomena that tends to rise in a nation after a certain level of wealth.

Women have broken through the glass ceiling, and they're now more and more in the power seats.

Stay true to what makes you happy, because that always ends up producing the best result.

We do not choose our own parts in life, and have nothing to do with those parts. Our duty is confined to playing them well.

If I didn't think and feel the way I think and feel, I couldn't sing the way I sing. And I like singing the way I sing.

He who feared that he would not succeed sat still.

The most affluent may be stripped of all, and find his worldly comforts, like so many withered leaves, dropping from him.

children had no place in love affairs. Children ought to be born to widows and old maids.

It wasn't so bad being a slave when your owner was yourself and stood up for you.