Strict punctuality is perhaps the cheapest virtue which can give force to an otherwise utterly insignificant character.

Nobility of birth is like a cipher; it has no power in itself, like wealth or talent; but, it tells with all the power of a cipher when added to either of the other two.

Where we find echoes, we generally find emptiness and hollowness; it is the contrary with the echoes of the heart.

It is only with the best judges that the highest works of art would lose none of their honor by being seen in their rudiments.

Those who, from the desire of our perfection, have the keenest eye far our faults generally compensate for it by taking a higher view of our merits than we deserve.

Friends should be very delicate and careful in administering pity as medicine, when enemies use the same article as poison.

It is vain to be always looking toward the future and never acting toward it.

We should remember that it is quite as much a part of friendship to be delicate in its demands as to be ample in its performances.

Dealing with depression effectively is a mark not of weakness, but of strength.

My idea of feminism is self-determination, and it's very open-ended: every woman has the right to become herself, and do whatever she needs to do.

Every miracle brings the release of glory.

An extended school day gives administrators the ability to ensure children get a well-rounded education.

If you have to make an unpopular speech, give it all the sincerity you can muster; that's the only way to sweeten it.

Davis fouls out to third in fair territory.

Use the freest goods for happiness... The stars cost nothing. Nature costs nothing. Your inner life costs nothing. God costs nothing. And yet they are all infinitely precious.

My experience working with lots of creative people is that they don't lose their artistic edge when they lose a fierce level of anguish. They just create from a different place.

Romania will continue to fulfil its obligations in Afghanistan and Iraq.

If you believe your product or service can fulfill a true need, it's your moral obligation to sell it.