If we wish to know the force of human genius we should read Shakespeare. If we wish to see the insignificance of human learning we may study his commentators.

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.

There is hope for the hopeless.

If you want a model for what is possible, if you want to see how to build a peaceful and prosperous and dynamic society, then look at Berlin and look at Germany.

The formula for doing a good job in photography is to think like a poet.

Stately as a galleon, I sail across the floor,Doing the military two-step, as in the days of yore.

But I'm a hot-blooded Italian by nature. Whatever the situation you present, I'm going to make something out of it.

The question of woman's work in its economic aspect is really one not so much now of woman's rights as of woman's mights. Pretty much anything she wants to do, a resolute girl may now do.

Life results from the non-random survival of randomly varying replicators. The watchmaker is blind

One thing you learn in a long marriage is how many sneezes to wait before saying, "Bless you.

Mainstream media: 80% stuff someone told them. 10% stupidity. 10% arrogance.

The door of the novel, like the door of the poem, also shuts. But not so fast, nor with such manic, unanswerable finality.