I know no real worth but that tranquil firmness which seeks dangers by duty, and braves them without rashness.

Esteem has more engaging charms than friendship, or even love. It captivates hearts better, and never makes ings.

Misers are very kind people: they amass wealth for those who wish their death.

I believe, indeed, that it is more laudable to suffer great misfortunes than to do great things.

Can princes born in palaces be sensible of the misery of those who dwell in cottages?

To believe with certainty, we must begin with doubting.

We are usually mistaken in esteeming men too much; rarely in esteeming them too little.

Gaiety is the soul's health; sadness is its poison.

How many persons fancy they have experience simply because they have grown old!

Genius speaks only to genius.

Conscience warns us as a friend before it punishes us as a judge.

People will follow you when you build the character to follow through.

Under a night’s skyFilled with a hundred billion starsIs it so crazy to believeOur paths were destined to cross?

I'm a Helian, and you're an Arcan. We're just made that way. I don't think we would ever be able to really understand each other.

But it all comes down to friendship, treating people right.

When there's a piano to be moved, don't reach for the stool.

Only a man who lives not in time but in the present is happy.

I have permits to be the first person in the world to walk across the Grand Canyon so that's a process we'll start working on. I'd say within three to five years I'll accomplish that as well.

I was going to tape some records onto a cassette, but I got the wires backwards. I erased the all of the records. When I returned them to my friend, he said, "Hey, these records are all blank."

I don't know what it was, maybe the movie theaters in my immediate surrounding neighbourhood in Burbank, but I never saw what would be considered A movies.

I never did allow anything to keep me from my kids. They're the most important part of my life.