Might we not say to the confused voices which sometimes arise from the depths of our being: "Ladies, be so kind as to speak only four at a time?"

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.

We believe that beautiful people must have equally beautiful personalities. But what is amazing is how complete is this delusion!

Struggle forms character. No struggle, no character.

The race we are really in is the race against sin, and surely envy is one of the most universal of those.

You can't heal what you can't feel!

As a filmmaker, I've had films that over-achieved and I've had films that under-achieved. You always go in trying to do your very best.

People think that I'm very serious.

I think there's nothing that can drive you more than a huge dream or a huge challenge.

If you took all the sand from all the beaches, all the desserts, and all the oceans and called that the Universe, our whole solar system would be less than one grain of sand.

If you are an ignorant man, you are acting wisely; but if you have had any education, you are behaving like a fool.

Job never saw why he suffered, but he saw God, and that was enough.