How different is the ready hand, tearful eye, and soothing voice, from the ostentatious appearance which is called pity.

The best manner of avenging ourselves is by not resembling him who has injured us.

Happiness is not perfected until it is shared.

Be shocking, be daring, be bold, be passionate.

Imparting knowledge is only lighting other men's candles at our lamp without depriving ourselves of any flame.

Nobility, without virtue, is a fine setting without a gem

Self-love leads men of narrow minds to measure all mankind by their own capacity.

That grief is the most durable which flows inward, and buries its streams with its fountain, in the depths of the heart.

It is not designed that the road should be made too smooth for us here upon earth.

There is nothing so clear-sighted and sensible as a noble mind in a low estate.

Magnanimity is above circumstance; and any virtue which depends on that is more of constitution than of principle.

There are many paths to the truth. We need only the courage to tread our own path, no one else's.

The most helpless person is the one who is helpless in reforming himself.

There is no such thing as reconstituted lemon juice, only reconstituted taste buds.

To love someone so deeply means also that it will hurt a thousand times more when he disappoints or leaves you

Uh-huh, right. Let me count all the ways you and I aren't going there.

Trust is even more important than love.

Nobody gets lucky all the time. Nobody can win all the time. Nobody's a robot. Nobody's perfect.

Get into the habit of singing a tune. It will give you new life and fill you with joy. Get into the habit of dancing. It will displace depression and dispel hardship.

I loved books; I read my childhood away. I was more interested in my interior world.

Don't break the silence unless you can improve on it.