It has been said that self-respect is the gate of heaven, and the most cursory observation shows that a degree of reserve adds vastly to the latent force of character.

There is a strength of quiet endurance as significant of courage as the most daring feats of prowess.

Reason is not time only interpreter of life. The fountain of action is in time feelings.

There is more or less of pathos in all true beauty. The delight it awakens has an indefinable, and, as it were, luxurious sadness, which is perhaps one element of its might.

No man flatters the woman he truly loves.

The soul, by an instinct stronger than reason, ever associates beauty with truth.

The art of walking is at once suggestive of the dignity of man. Progressive motion alone implies power, but in almost every other instance it seems a power gained at the expense of self-possession.

National enthusiasm is the nursery of genius.

Fashion seldom interferes with nature without diminishing her grace and efficiency.

To analyze the charms of flowers is like dissecting music; it is one of those things which it is far better to enjoy, than to attempt to fully understand.

Do not give to thy friends the most agreeable counsels, but the most advantageous.

I couldn't stand here, hanging on, when the very thing I held disappeared more with each passing day.

Life presents many challenges...Temptation is one of them.. And free will govern us all. We have the power to choose.

People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit. Most men succeed because they are determined to.

In a world where women are commodities, a woman who refuses to sell herself will have the thing she refuses to sell taken away from her by force

I would like to say that it is not important what you have, but how you enjoy it.

Sometimes you have to go up really high to see how small you are.

[He died of thirst?] That sounds, if I might say, like the greatest Sprite commercial ever.

I was surprised by how much I like being a father; surprised at what a decent father I am, because I was afraid I wouldn't be able to dump my selfishness.

...that not life, but a good life, is to be chiefly valued.

Look at my face. Does it look like I can take a good hit?