Good temper is an estate for life.

The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves.

A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles.

Grace has been defined as the outward expression of the inward harmony of the soul.

Do not keep on with a mockery of friendship after the substance is gone - but part, while you can part friends. Bury the carcass of friendship: it is not worth embalming.

There is no prejudice so strong as that which arises from a fancied exemption from all prejudice.

Those who are at war with others are not at peace with themselves.

The more we do, the more we can do; the more busy we are, the more leisure we have.

Fashion is gentility running away from vulgarity and afraid of being overtaken

I'm not smart, but I like to observe. Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton was the one who asked why.

We are very much what others think of us. The reception our observations meet with gives us courage to proceed, or damps our efforts.

...Maybe instead of fire and brimstone, hell is just a feeling of loneliness

It is not kindness to tell patients that need strong medicine that nothing serious is wrong with them.

We do not imitate but are a model to others.

Creole is New Orleans city food. Communities were created by the people who wanted to stay and not go back to Spain or France.

A cup brimful of sweetness cannot spill even one drop of bitter water, no matter how suddenly jarred.

I'm a person who has, to a certain extent, redefined where I should be. I started off in Brooklyn and Queens and I wasn't supposed to come to Manhattan.

I've been very fortunate - You only can do what you're offered, you know?

Your ability needs responsibility to expose its possibilities. Do what you can with what you have where you are.

My parents say that I was singing before I could talk. I personally remember specific moments at three or four when music was playing literally all over the house.

Any guy that's not working with the same amount of intensity and passion that I do, I don't want to know.