Three things characterize man: person, fate, merit--the harmony of these constitutes real grandeur.

Neatness begets order; but from order to taste there is the same difference as from taste to genius, or from love to friendship.

You may depend upon it that he is a good man whose intimate friends are all good, and whose enemies are decidedly bad.

The craftiest trickery are too short and ragged a cloak to cover a bad heart.

What knowledge is there of which man is capable that is not founded on the exterior,--the relation that exists between visible and invisible, the perceptible and the imperceptible?

You can depend on no man, on no friend, but him who can depend on himself.

Trust him not with your secrets, who, when left alone in your room, turns over your papers.

Who makes quick use of the moment is a genius of prudence.

Him, who incessantly laughs in the street, you may commonly hear grumbling in his closet.

Be certain that he who has betrayed thee once will betray thee again.

Sensibility is the power of woman.

Today is the day to cast your worries on God and breathe in new life. Your past does not define who you are today.

I tried and failed. I tried again and again and succeeded.[Epitaph from Gail Borden's gravestone.]

Even though I seem not human, a mute shelfof glucose, bottled blood, machineryto swell the lung and pump the heart—even so, do not put out my life. Let me still glow.

There are times in politics when you must be on the right side and lose.

The propensity to play is situated in very ancient regions of the brain. Rats that have had their neocortex removed still engage in normal play.

Ninety percent of a shirt that not only was bright purple and green but with a design on it that, if you moved too quickly, might cause a seizure in an unsuspecting onlooker.

Use anything you can think of to understand and be understood, and you'll discover the creativity that connects you with others.

Only in the human form is it possible for life to attain its final goal, which is to realize the all-pervading and infinite Divinity.

When Barack Obama is right, then I'll support him. When he is wrong, I'll fight him.

There are two ways love can go. You can be good to each other or you could not play fair.