[On Italian:] One may almost call it a language that talks of itself, and always seems more witty than its speakers.

Goethe has made a remark upon the perfectability of the human mind, which is full of sagacity: It is always advancing, but in a spiral line.

Love is the symbol of eternity.

Enthusiasm signifies 'God in us.'

Prayer is the life of the soul.

The greatest happiness is to transform one's feelings into action.

As we grow in wisdom, we pardon more freely.

In matters of the heart, nothing is true except the improbable.

The desire of the man is for the woman, but the desire of the woman is for the desire of the man.

Search for the truth is the noblest occupation of man; its publication is a duty.

We cease loving ourselves if no one loves us.

Without stories, we’d have even more trouble recognizing what’s real.

And anyway, the anticipation was always worse than the thing itself - the anticipation and the memory, of course. And the anticipation of the memory was maybe the worst part of all.

To understand the mindset of the connected consumer, one must realize that everything begins with search and intent.

Wildflowers don't care where they grow.

There are a great many people who have a vested interest in maintaining the stupidity of the American public.

I am warning my people, but I'm also warning Iran, and warning Saudi Arabia, and warning China and Russia and Europe. We are at the end of this world.

Not everything that is good for you is fun and not everything that is fun is good for you.

I'm too ambitious to give another man credit, even if that other man is only myself in disguise.

Love is only one of many passions.

Oh, don't the days seem lank and long When all goes right and nothing goes wrong, And isn't your life extremely flat With nothing whatever to grumble at!