Love in marriage should be the accomplishment of a beautiful dream, and not, as it too often is, the end.

Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses.

I am thankful that thorns have roses.

All people have three characters, that which they exhibit, that which they have, and that which they think they have.

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

Botany is the art of insulting flowers in Greek and Latin.

Love is the most terrible, and also the most generous of the passions; it is the only one which includes in its dreams the happiness of someone else.

Every man has three characters: that which he shows, that which he has, and that which he thinks he has.

If we are to abolish the death penalty, I should like to see the first step taken by our friends the murderers.

Uncertainty is the worst of all evils until the moment when reality makes us regret uncertainty.

If men knew all that women think, they would be twenty times more audacious.

It feels great to be home, great to be back as a part of the community.

Gratitude, being nearly the greatest of human duties, is also nearly the most difficult.

I mean, many times your creative problem is accidentally your personal problem, but it's not quite the same.

Am I really a man? Have I got what it takeswhen it counts?

If you've been given opportunities then you have to create opportunities. If you're given knowledge by people, share your knowledge. If you were born with talent, show your talent off.

How much of what we call 'reality' is actually out there or rather within our own head?

The state, the state apparatus, is not an abstraction.

The strength of the Constitution, lies in the will of the people to defend it.

September 11 stands on its own as a terrible tragedy.

How can you stop people from loving each other? How can you get upset about loving?