There are times when the mirth of others only saddens us, especially the mirth of children with high spirits, that jar on our own quiet mood.

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.

There would be no cloud-nine days without rock-bottom moments left below.

I smile, she blushes.I smirk, she slaps me on the arm, softly.I breathe, because it's easy around her.

Encourage many, enlighten many, and you will empower many.

All of life like a series of tableaux, and in the living we missed so much, hid so much, left so much undone and unsaid.

A strong man can handle a strong woman. A weak man will say she has an attitude problem

Reputation is favorable notoriety as distinguished from fame, which is permanent approval of great deeds and noble thoughts by the best intelligence of mankind.

By being willing to be a bad artist, you have a chance to be an artist, and perhaps, over time, a very good one.

People who have diabetes are dear to my heart, and I want to help them.

I'm always writing to a younger version of myself, or a young woman who is like I was. I want that girl to know that I really existed and that it all went down that way.

The central task of our time is to evolve a new system of world order based on principles of peace and justice.