It is only necessary to grow old to become more charitable and even indulgent. I see no fault committed by others that I have not committed myself.

Live each day as if your life had just begun.

Correction does much, but encouragement does more.

We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds; our planet is the mental institution of the universe.

Every day we should hear at least one little song, read one good poem, see one exquisite picture, and, if possible, speak a few sensible words.

The moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. Whatever you think you can do, or believe you can do, begin it. Action has magic, power and grace.

Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.

At the moment of commitment the entire universe conspires to assist you.

Courage is the commitment to begin without any guarantee of success.

If I accept you as you are, I will make you worse; however, if I treat you as though you are what you are capable of becoming, I help you become that.

There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.

Sometimes an act of common sense is indistinguishable from an act of genius.

Murder is not a suitable topic of conversation for a young lady.

Ability wins us the esteem of the true men; luck, that of the people.

Even in the worm that crawls in the earth there glows a divine spark. When you slaughter a creature, you slaughter God.

Most libertarians are worried about government but not worried about business. I think we need to be worrying about business in exactly the same way we are worrying about government.

To me, the most telling thing is we have a man [Donald Trump] who cannot complete a sentence.

Everything I do is more memorable and I understand music more than ever now. It's not a burden to me.

Progress cannot be generated when we are satisfied with existing situations.

That genius is feeble which cannot hold its own before the masterpieces of the world.

The silence of a friend commonly amounts to treachery. His not daring to say anything in our behalf implies a tacit censure.