The conqueror is regarded with awe the wise man commands our respect but it is only the benevolent man that wins our affection.

It is the still, small voice that the soul heeds, not the deafening blasts of doom.

In Europe life is histrionic and dramatized, and in America, except when it is trying to be European, it is direct and sincere.

The secret of the man who is universally interesting is that he is universally interested.

A man never sees all that his mother has been to him until it's too late to let her know that he sees it.

He who sleeps in continual noise is wakened by silence.

The wars come and go in blood and tears; but whether they are bad wars, or what are comically called good wars, they are of one effect in death and sorrow.

What the American public wants in the theater is a tragedy with a happy ending.

Some people stay longer in an hour than others can in a week.

If we like a man's dream, we call him a reformer; if we don't like his dream, we call him a crank.

Wisdom and goodness are twin-born, one heart must hold both sisters, never seen apart.

Happiness is a butterfly which when pursued is always beyond our grasp but if you will sit down quietly may alight upon you.

I try and have a relaxed attitude and stay quite switched off until about an hour before kick-off.

The life is a wonderful thing. You have to appreciate it NOW... because you never know what is going to happen tomorrow.

The person most in control is the person who can give up control.

DURING the first years of my service in Dr. Flint's family, I was accustomed to share some indulgences with the children of my mistress

How rarely I meet with a man who can be free, even in thought! We all live according to rule. Some men are bedridden; all world-ridden.

I am so thrilled to be nominated for something I loved working on every single day.

I like dressing how I like to dress, and I look like a little art statement.

You don’t love because: you love despite; not for the virtues, but despite the faults.

Never paint epic canvases during the revolution, because the revolutionaries will tear them apart.