The counterfeit and counterpart of Nature is reproduced in art.

Softly the evening came /with the sunset/.

A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books.

Behind the clouds is the sun still shining.

Into each life some rain must fall.

The best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain.

My soul is full of longing for the secret of the sea

It takes less time to do a thing right, than it does to explain why you did it wrong.

Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.

Sit in reverie and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the idle seashore of the mind.

Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time.

To listen to a person is not passive.

Beauty always takes place in the particular.

I want a new drug, one that won't make me sick. One that won't make me crash my car, or make my head three feet thick.

it is better to know as little as possible of the defects of the person with whom you are to pass your life.

I think there's an unnatural amount of social pressure on women, particularly mothers, to conform to certain standards of behavior, particularly in regard to our children.

You've been acting like Jesus owes you a favor, but he's a little smart for you to fool.

I accept the universe!

In his lifetime the great French impressionist painter Corot painted 2000 canvases. Of that number, 3000 are in the United States.

I made a conscious decision back then that I would rather be the best actress who ever lived than the most famous one.

The liberal state is neutral between capitalism and its critics until the critics look like they are winning.