Never expect justice from a vain man; if he has the negative magnanimity not to disparage you, it is the most you can expect.

The only competition worthy of a wise man is with himself.

Distinction is the consequence, never the object of a great mind.

The greatest of all fools is the proud fool--who is at the mercy of every fool he meets.

Never judge a work of art by its defects.

Desert being the essential condition of praise, there can be no reality in the one without the other.

Reputation is but a synonym of popularity: dependent on suffrage, to be increased or diminished at the will of the voters.

Selfishness in art, as in other things, is sensibility kept at home.

No man knows himself as an original.

The most common disguise of Envy is in praise of what is subordinate.

Make no man your idol, for the best man must have faults; and his faults will insensibly become yours, in addition to your own.

To some believers, being on the pill or using a condom is a nonverbal way of telling God to go to hell.

Society is composed of two great classes-- those who have more dinners than appetite, and those who have more appetite than dinners.

You can inform the people you love of what you want for them but you cannot transform them into living it out.

You are not a victim of your circumstance.Stay determine to endure hard times. No situation is permanent.

I had been going out to Orient for several years.

Looking 50 is great, if you're 60.

The eyes are the mirror of the soul and reflect everything that seems to be hidden; and like a mirror, they also reflect the person looking into them.

Your take on things is what is either going to make you somebody people talk about or no.

The price of self-destiny is never cheap, and in certain situations it is unthinkable. But to achieve the marvelous, it is precisely the unthinkable that must be thought.

It is difficult to be a good noncommissioned officer. If it had been easy, they would have given it to the officer corps.