The politics of courtiers resemble their shadows; they cringe and turn with the sun of the day.

True courage is like a kite; a contrary wind raises it higher.

An angry woman is vindictive beyond measure, and hesitates at nothing in her bitterness.

Every generous illusion of youth leaves a wrinkle as it departs. Experience is the successive disenchanting of the things of life; it is reason enriched with the heart's spoils.

Happiness is where we find it, but rarely where we seek it.

Envy, like flame, blackens that which is above it, and which it cannot reach.

It requires less character to discover the faults of others, than to tolerate them.

Do you know a young and beautiful woman who is not ready to flirt-just a little?

Loud indignation against vice often stands for virtue in the eyes of bigots.

Many fortunes, like rivers, have a pure source, but grow muddy as they grow large.

The happiness of the tender heart is increased by what it can take away from the wretchedness of others.

I will love you forever" swears the poet. I find this easy to swear too. "I will love you at 4:15 pm next Tuesday" - Is that still as easy?

Is the spring coming?" he said. "What is it like?"..."It is the sun shining on the rain and the rain falling on the sunshine...

God desires your increase in your leadership, stewardship, relationship, and business

I still get very scared when I step in front of a live audience.

In the deepest sense the search for extraterrestrial intelligence is a search for ourselves.

There's nothing that can move a person's heart better than sincerity.

Working together precedes winning together...collaboration is multiplication.

The only thing I remember writing in prison is a couple of poems for an inmate magazine they did once a year.

Those who are not dissatisfied will never make any progress

I believe in thrift as I believe in freedom, but I don't support the plutocratic hostility to taxation, regulation, and protections of land, water, and air.