I cannot help thinking that it is more natural to have flowers grow out of the head than fruit.

There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.

My heart is, and always will be, yours.

It isn't what we say or think that defines us, but what we do.

There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.

The younger brother must help to pay for the pleasures of the elder.

Our scars make us know that our past was for real

None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.

What dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps one in a continual state of inelegance.

Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen that something is not a little disguised, or a little mistaken.

The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.

Hard work works harder than luck!

Commitment is an act, not a word

Israel is a country that respects freedom - freedom of assembly, freedom of speech and freedom of worship.

Happiness of any given life is to be measured, not by its joys and pleasures, but by the extent to which it has been free from suffering-from positive evil.

The gentleman calls attention to the good points in others; he does not call attention to their defects. The small man does just the reverse of this.

Neither smiles nor frowns, neither good intentions nor harsh words, are a substitute for strength.

Self-conscious? Try a wig, a corset, a veil, a beard. Or cultivate shamelessness.

Everyone has motives. Let's acknowledge that and get on with the interesting part.

Change of the unchangeable would be a contradiction.