The mate for beauty should be a man and not a money chest.

How many of us have been attracted to reason; first learned to think, to draw conclusions, to extract a moral from the follies of life, by some dazzling aphorism.

The conscience is the most flexible material in the world. Today you cannot stretch it over a mole hill; while tomorrow it can hide a mountain.

He who writes prose builds his temple to Fame in rubble; he who writes verses builds it in granite.

Genius is but fine observation strengthened by fixity of purpose.

Men are valued, not for what they are, but for what they seem to be.

A fresh mind keeps the body fresh. Take in the ideas of the day, drain off those of yesterday.

A good cigar is as great a comfort to a man as a good cry to a woman.

Punctuality is the stern virtue of men of business, and the graceful courtesy of princes.

Love has no thought of self! Love buys not with the ruthless usurer's gold The loathsome prostitution of a hand Without a heart! Love sacrifices all things To bless the thing it loves!

A fresh mind keeps the body fresh.

What the collective age wants allows and approves is the perpetual holiday from the self.

I think what my parents did was perfect. They were strict, concerned about my safety and held me back just a little.

To be able to be caught up into the world of thought-that is educated.

When our friends are present we ought to treat them well; and when they are absent, to speak of them well.

I will not give up to sing until the people say it's enough. I hope it will be very late.

I'm pretty sure most of us would be more fulfilled if we didn't fixate on fulfillment quite so much.

Hollywood wants to make women so perfect. Perfect hair. Perfect job. Perfect manners... I know some of the most beautiful women, and they are so weird. That's what makes them funny and captivating.

We are all pilgrims in search of the unknown.

If we are to overcome terrorism and violence, we need education. That is the only way we can win.

The man that hath no music in himself