The loneliest woman in the world is a woman without a close woman friend.

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

To be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring.

Do not have evil-doers for friends, do not have low people for friends: have virtuous people for friends, have for friends the best of men.

There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.

The passions grafted on wounded pride are the most inveterate; they are green and vigorous in old age.

Each religion, by the help of more or less myth, which it takes more or less seriously, proposes some method of fortifying the human soul and enabling it to make its peace with its destiny.

Intelligence is quickness in seeing things as they are.

Experience seems to most of us to lead to conclusions, but empiricism has sworn never to draw them.

Man is a gregarious animal, and much more so in his mind than in his body. He may like to go alone for a walk, but he hates to stand alone in his opinions.

The Difficult is that which can be done immediately; the Impossible that which takes a little longer.

Conversation is king. Content is just something to talk about.

Nothing is impossible for pure love.

The man spends half of his life trying, and the other half is preventing.

I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do, provided he keeps doing them until he gets a record of successful experience behind him.

Sheer flattery got me into the theater. Flattery always works with me, particularly the flattery of women.

In the feeding of hospital patients, more attention should be given to providing tasty and attractive meals, and less to the nutritive quality of the food.

... there are far, far worse things in the living world than dying.

Sudden wealth was the great insulator, second only to sudden bereavement.

I will calmly wait for my induction to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Don't I have the numbers to be inducted?

Well, I was interested in playing the piano from as early as I can remember.