One of the main goals of self-education is to eradicate that vanity in us without which we would never have been educated.

None are so inconsiderate as those who demand nothing of life other than their own personal comfort.

Misanthropy is a suit of armor lined with thorns.

Many think they have a kind heart who have only weak nerves.

An intelligent woman has millions of born enemies... all the stupid men.

We are so vain that we even care for the opinion of those we don't care for.

Calmness is the graceful form of Confidence.

Exceptions are not always the proof of the old rule; they can also be the harbinger of a new one.

Nothing is so often and so irrevocably missed as the opportunity which crops up daily.

There are very few honest friends--the demand is not particularly great.

Pain is the great teacher of mankind. Beneath its breath souls develop.

Sometimes you know in your heart you love someone, but you have to go away before your head can figure it out.

Memory may be pig-headed and want us to follow its whims along the blips and dips of our time line. ( "All the words he always wanted to tell her.")

So you can't judge the character you're playing ever.

Freedom can be killed by neglect as well as by direct attack.

Somewhere over the rainbow, skies are blue, and the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true.

I don't want to do rap that makes people feel bad.

There can be as much value in the blink of an eye as in months of rational analysis.

A life which did not touch the life of others is a wasted life!

As the yellow gold is tried in fire, so the faith of friendship must be seen in adversity.