The soul, by an instinct stronger than reason, ever associates beauty with truth.

There is a strength of quiet endurance as significant of courage as the most daring feats of prowess.

Reason is not time only interpreter of life. The fountain of action is in time feelings.

There is more or less of pathos in all true beauty. The delight it awakens has an indefinable, and, as it were, luxurious sadness, which is perhaps one element of its might.

No man flatters the woman he truly loves.

The art of walking is at once suggestive of the dignity of man. Progressive motion alone implies power, but in almost every other instance it seems a power gained at the expense of self-possession.

National enthusiasm is the nursery of genius.

Fashion seldom interferes with nature without diminishing her grace and efficiency.

To analyze the charms of flowers is like dissecting music; it is one of those things which it is far better to enjoy, than to attempt to fully understand.

Do not give to thy friends the most agreeable counsels, but the most advantageous.

The man who becomes a critic by trade ceases, in reality, to be one at all.

It was hard when I knew I was about to be flooded with memories of a life I hadn't lived yet. Really, two lives I hadn't lived yet.

There is greatness in everyone.Look within yourself and discover your greatness.

God exists since mathematics is consistent, and the Devil exists since we cannot prove it.

A republic of this kind, able to withstand an external force, may support itself without any internal corruptions. The form of this society prevents all manner of inconveniences.

Indulge yourself in pleasures only in so far as they are necessary for the preservation of health.

We need some great failures. Especially we ever-successful Americans - conscious, intelligent, illuminating failures.

Make the impossible possible, the possible easy, the easy elegant.

Probably the first time I was a boss was when I was associate dean of the graduate school at the University of Southern California. I was in my early 30s.

When the reader hears strong echoes of his or her own life and beliefs, he or she is apt to become more invested in the story.

People are marvelous in their generosity, if they just know the cause is there.