Indulgence is lovely in the sinless; toleration, adorable in the pious and believing heart.

The world has no sympathy with any but positive griefs. It will pity you for what you lose; never for what you lack

Travel is the frivolous part of serious lives, and the serious part of frivolous ones.

We reform others unconsciously when we walk uprightly.

There is a transcendent power in example.

To love deeply in one direction makes us more loving in all others.

Silence is like nightfall. Objects are lost in it insensibly.

The chains which cramp us most are those which weigh on us least.

The mind wears the colors of the soul, as a valet those of his master.

In youth we feel richer for every new illusion; in maturer years, for every one we lose.

Strength alone knows conflict, weakness is born vanquished.

Fat men take a cushion with them wherever they go.

When the winds of life are pushing you back, THAT'S when you push forward the hardest.

The only thing you have to have is patience and an attitude that you aren't ever going to give up.

I've always wanted to go to Switzerland to see what the army does with those wee red knives.

I've worked in so many areas -- I'm sort of a dilettante. Basically, I'm not interested in doing research and I never have been.

I will not bond. I will not share. I refuse to nurture.

A homosexual is further away from a woman than a rhinoceros.

Learning to deal with setbacks, and maintaining the persistence and optimism necessary for childhood's long road to mastery are the real foundations of lasting self-esteem.

I'm a little obsessed with being competitive.

Hollywood is not stupid, contrary to popular belief; it's really a lot of intelligent people trying to figure things out.