Tranquil pleasures last the longest we are not fitted to bear the burden of great joys.

False friends are like our shadow, keeping close to us while we walk in the sunshine, but leaving us the instant we cross into the shade.

Doubt whom you will, but never yourself.

Our first and last love is self-love.

The scope of an intellect is not to be measured with a tape-string, or a character deciphered from the shape or length of a nose.

It is the passion that is in a kiss that gives to it its sweetness; it is the affection in a kiss that sanctifies it.

We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them.

The opinions of the misanthropical rest upon this very partial basis, that they adopt the bad faith of a few as evidence of the worthlessness of all.

The lively and mercurial are as open books, with the leaves turned down at the notable passages. Their souls sit at the windows of their eyes, seeing and to be seen.

Tears are nature's lotion for the eyes. The eyes see better for being washed by them.

The passions are like fire, useful in a thousand ways and dangerous only in one, through their excess.

Tough times never last. Tough people do

To change your life, love yourself. To change your community, love others. To change the world, love everyone.

A major gap between many of the denominations stems from how people define some of the most basic terms, such as 'religion' itself.

This is a precious moment, but it is transient. It is a little parenthesis in eternity.

Writing a poem ... is a kind of possible love affair between something like the heart (that courageous but also shy factory of emotion) and the learned skills of the conscious mind.

Habit keeps my life going, with occasional pushes from desire.

If history teaches anything, it teaches that self-delusion in the face of unpleasant facts is folly.

We have the Terminator as governor, and we had an actor as president, so why shouldn't we have a fashion designer as a senator?

All colors made me happy: even gray. My eyes were such that literally they Took photographs.

If you feel the urge, don't be afraid to go on a wild goose chase. What do you think wild geese are for anyway?