Independence may be found in comparative as well as in absolute abundance I mean where a person contracts his desires within the limits of his fortune.

A liar begins with making falsehood appear like truth, and ends with making truth itself appear like falsehood.

The proper means of increasing the love we bear our native country is to reside some time in a foreign one.

Jealousy is the fear or apprehension of superiority: envy our uneasiness under it.

Deference is the most complicate, the most indirect, and the most elegant of all compliments.

Hope is a flatterer, but the most upright of all parasites; for she frequents the poor man's hut, as well as the palace of his superior.

We may daily discover crowds acquire sufficient wealth to buy gentility, but very few that possess the virtues which ennoble human nature, and (in the best sense of the word) constitute a gentleman.

A statue in a garden is to be considered as one part of a scene or landscape.

Virtues, like essences, lose their fragrance when exposed.

The difference there is betwixt honor and honesty seems to be chiefly the motive; the mere honest man does that from duty which the man of honor does for the sake of character.

The world may be divided into people that read, people that write, people that think, and fox-hunters.

Perfect love happens not when you're ready but when you least expect, at the most imperfect moment under unpredictable circumstances! Expect Not, Trust Existence!

Never Say Never if you know you can do what you love don't give up.

A true friend is like a soldier that never abandons his partner alone in the battle field”.

If you can't be a good example then you'll just have to be a horrible warning.

Kids are not driving themselves to McDonalds. It's not about kids and their choices. It's about parents and their choices.

You can be active with the activists or sleep in with the sleepers while you're waiting for the Great Leap Forwards.

We are not smart enough to leave things to the market.

How do I get to Carnegie Hall? Practice. Practice. Practice.

Honor's a fine imaginary notion, that draws in raw and unexperienced men to real mischiefs.

I've always been really, really aware of my insecurities - really, really aware. I never developed that thick skin that keeps you from letting things get to you.