The very essence of politeness is to take care that by our words and actions we make other people pleased with us as well as with themselves.

Two persons cannot long be friends if they cannot forgive each other's little failings.

The unnamed should not be mistaken for the nonexistent.

The pleasure of criticizing takes away from us the pleasure of being moved by some very fine things.

If some persons died and others did not die death would indeed be a terrible affliction.

Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its brevity.

If poverty is the mother of all crimes, lack of intelligence is their father.

The pleasure of criticism takes away from us the pleasure of being deeply moved by very fine things.

If you ever want to love someone, love yourself unconditionally first.

People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the whole time to have such things about us.

Nickelback walks into a bar...there's no punchline because ruining music isn't funny.

You can't love what you don't know much about. You can't convince, stimulate, hold the attention, teach, if you don't know what you're talking about.

Cole Porter had a worldwide reputation as a sophisticate and hedonist

I love to think that the day you're born, you're given the world as a birthday present.

Actors don't generally go asking other actors for advice too much, but I'll take suggestions wherever I can.

You can't make sense of the present unless a part of you lives in the past.

I sing the body that is electric! I celebrate the Self yet to be unveiled!