Those who cannot remember clearly their own childhood are poor educators.

None are so inconsiderate as those who demand nothing of life other than their own personal comfort.

Misanthropy is a suit of armor lined with thorns.

Many think they have a kind heart who have only weak nerves.

An intelligent woman has millions of born enemies... all the stupid men.

We are so vain that we even care for the opinion of those we don't care for.

Calmness is the graceful form of Confidence.

Exceptions are not always the proof of the old rule; they can also be the harbinger of a new one.

Nothing is so often and so irrevocably missed as the opportunity which crops up daily.

There are very few honest friends--the demand is not particularly great.

Pain is the great teacher of mankind. Beneath its breath souls develop.

Every relationship is a cost benefit calculation

When more Americans prefer freebies to freedom, these great United States will become a fertile ground for tyranny.

As long as you're neurotic and crazy, he's great. But once he solves all your problems, he becomes the problem.

I also love horseback riding in New Jersey.

Artists have no less talents than ever, their taste, their vision, their sentiment are often interesting; they are mighty in their independence and feeble only in their works.

Faith is the willingness to risk anything on God.

What I refuse to face within myself will meet me in the exterior world through you, not as you are, but as I have so construed you.

When you know what's important, it's a lot easier to ignore what's not.

The deep places in our lives - places of resistance and embrace - are reached only by stories, by images, metaphors and phrases that line out the world differently, apart from our fear and hurt.

When I was about 16, I got my ball taken off me by the police for playing in the street - which is pathetic really.