There is no good in living in a society where you are merely the equal of everybody else. The true pleasure of life is to live with your inferiors.

To love and win is the best thing.To love and lose, the next best.

A good laugh is sunshine in the house.

The world is a looking glass and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face.

What woman, however old, has not the bridal-favours and raiment stowed away, and packed in lavender, in the inmost cupboards of her heart?

When you look at me, when you think of me, I am in paradise.

Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.

To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best.

Remember, it's as easy to marry a rich woman as a poor woman.

Never lose a chance of saying a kind word.

Next to excellence is the appreciation of it.

Make every day a positive day. Make it joyful and beautiful in every way.

Dilute your arrogance with a smile.

Never shall I forget those moments which murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to dust. Never shall I forget these things, even if I am condemned to live as long as God Himself. Never.

I have no idea how to start doing something that doesn't connect with me or my soul, somehow.

You must write for yourself, above all. That is your only hope of creating something beautiful.

Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker

I'm a fan of music from all over the world.

If not for Death, they’d be content to simply exist, but with Death, well, their lives will have meaning — a boundary beyond which the living cannot cross.

It's not a matter of painting life, it's a matter of giving life to painting.

I've drifted in and out of vegetarianism for years.