God Himself allows certain faults; and often we say, "I have deserved to err; I have deserved to be ignorant.

The world has no sympathy with any but positive griefs. It will pity you for what you lose; never for what you lack

Travel is the frivolous part of serious lives, and the serious part of frivolous ones.

We reform others unconsciously when we walk uprightly.

There is a transcendent power in example.

To love deeply in one direction makes us more loving in all others.

Silence is like nightfall. Objects are lost in it insensibly.

The chains which cramp us most are those which weigh on us least.

The mind wears the colors of the soul, as a valet those of his master.

In youth we feel richer for every new illusion; in maturer years, for every one we lose.

Strength alone knows conflict, weakness is born vanquished.

If it's true that our species is alone in the universe, then I'd have to say the universe aimed rather low and settled for very little.

I want to be the new Marilyn Monroe and find my own Clark Gable.

Girls in my school were always prettier.

Extremes are ever neighbors; 'tis a step from one to the other.

I have composed several pieces which are performed outdoors, not only in the auditoria.

I see America has infused you with the optimism that has made her so great

Genius is fostered by industry.

One cannot but mistrust a prospect of felicity: one must enjoy it before one can believe in it.

Obviously from childhood to my teenage years, I really came into my own. I left the house early; I was on the streets when I was, like, 15. I've been holdin' my own since that age.

My idea of a holiday was following my family up the hill with my pekinese, who would skip over the heather in front of me.