Pride is like the beautiful acacia, that lifts its head proudly above its neighbor plants-forgetting that it too, like them, has its roots in the dirt.

False friends are like our shadow, keeping close to us while we walk in the sunshine, but leaving us the instant we cross into the shade.

Doubt whom you will, but never yourself.

Our first and last love is self-love.

The scope of an intellect is not to be measured with a tape-string, or a character deciphered from the shape or length of a nose.

It is the passion that is in a kiss that gives to it its sweetness; it is the affection in a kiss that sanctifies it.

We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them.

The opinions of the misanthropical rest upon this very partial basis, that they adopt the bad faith of a few as evidence of the worthlessness of all.

The lively and mercurial are as open books, with the leaves turned down at the notable passages. Their souls sit at the windows of their eyes, seeing and to be seen.

Tears are nature's lotion for the eyes. The eyes see better for being washed by them.

The passions are like fire, useful in a thousand ways and dangerous only in one, through their excess.

Believing in miraculosity makes it even more available to us.

I worry about scientists discovering that lettuce has been fattening all along.

An artist who makes pictures that look good but express nothing is like a writer whose words sound good but have no meaning.

Dance is your pulse, your heartbeat, your breathing. It's the rhythym of your life.

Try not to get lost in comparing yourself to others. Discover your gifts and let them shine!

It seems, though, that historically we have now reached a position in which Jews cannot legitimately be understood always and only as presumptive victims.

No. Harsh truth was better than comfortable lies. It had to be.

Time is like a ship which never anchors; while I am on board, I had better do those things that may profit me at my landing, than practice such as shall cause my commitment when I come ashore.

I'm on national TV in front of millions and I hate making mistakes.

People think there's a choice between smoking and immortality, but we've all got to die of something.