The germs of all things are in every heart, and the greatest criminals as well as the greatest heroes are but different modes of ourselves.

Tell me what you feel in your room when the full moon is shining in upon you and your lamp is dying out, and I will tell you how old you are, and I shall know if you are happy.

There is no respect for others without humility in one's self.

Learn to... be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not.

Women wish to be loved without a why or a wherefore; not because they are pretty, or good, or well-bred, or graceful, or intelligent, but because they are themselves.

Destiny has two ways of crushing us - by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them.

In every loving woman there is a priestess of the past

In every loving woman there is a priestess of the past - a pious guardian of some affection, of which the object has disappeared.

Analysis kills spontaneity. The grain once ground into flour springs and germinates no more.

Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by silence.

You desire to know the art of living, my friend? It is contained in one phrase: make use of suffering.

Was it animal pee or human pee? Someone asked.How would I know? What, am I an expert in the study of pee?

If you have no friends, invent one!

Common sense needs constant reappraisal.

To the fool, he who speaks wisdom will sound foolish.

The gentleman is solid mahogany; the fashionable man is only veneer.

I am deeply saddened and shocked at the loss of umpire Wally Bell.

One is too small a number to achieve greatness.

Don't miss out on today by living in yesterday.

These hands belong to Rachel Joy Scott and will someday touch millions of people's hearts.

Well, let's be clear, I'm the only one on the stage who actually has a five-year budget that balances.