Until you try, you don't know what you can't do.

Under certain circumstances there are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea.

It's time to start living the life you've imagined.

Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind.

We work in the dark - we do what we can - we give what we have. Our doubt is our passion, and our passion is our task. The rest is the madness of art.

Do not mind anything that anyone tells you about anyone else. Judge everyone and everything for yourself.

Everything about Florence seems to be colored with a mild violet, like diluted wine.

Excellence does not require perfection.

The Roman jurisprudence has the longest known history of any set of human institutions.

I'm yours for ever--for ever and ever. Here I stand; I'm as firm as a rock. If you'll only trust me, how little you'll be disappointed. Be mine as I am yours.

It's a complex fate, being an American, and one of the responsibilities it entails is fighting against a superstitious valuation of Europe.

You are magnificent and unique. Love yourself and stay unique and you will beautify this world with your unique art of life.

I suppose that one’s years spent living do not reflect a measure of our souls or strength of character.

I never wanted to safe... I wanted to be good.

The mark of a mature man is the ability to give love and receive it joyously and without guilt.

Take responsibility for the things you build and invent.

Human beings grew up in forests; we have a natural affinity for them. How lovely a tree is, straining toward the sky.

The future's a weirder place than we thought it would be when we were little kids.

Hate and force cannot be in just a part of the world without having an effect on the rest of it.

It is exercise alone that supports the spirits, and keeps the mind in vigor.

The King is in his Tower, eating bread and honey. The Breakers in the basement, making all the money.