We only make a dupe of the friend whose advice we ask, for we never tell him all; and it is usually what we have left unsaid that decides our conduct.

Courage is as often the outcome of despair as of hope; in the one case we have nothing to lose, in the other everything to gain.

It is easier to die for a cause than to live for it.

Tact is good taste in action.

Men at any age truly never grow up. All, no matter what importance they may have attained, are still no more than little boys.

Old age appears hideous to us until we have to choose between it and death.

Calumny is like counterfeit money; many people who would not coin it circulate it without qualms.

The years that a woman subtracts from her age are not lost. They are added to other women's.

It is easier to win love than to keep it.

To have a good enemy, choose a friend; he knows where to strike.

It is only love that has already fallen sick that is killed by absence.

Some doors are open, but we are still searching for the right keys.

Will leans forward, pulls off his mask, and kisses my forehead. "I'm glad I was the one to save you this time" he whispers.

Music is the art of the prophets and the gift of God.

There's a great space in which this moment takes place. There's a great silence that is listening to the thoughts.

It makes one realize that the physicality if our world is a boundary to us only if our will is weak; a true champion can accomplish things that a normal person would think impossible.

Great abilities, when employed as God directs, do but make the owners of them greater and more painful servants to their neighbors.

New Yorkers are nice about giving you street directions; in fact, they seem quite proud of knowing where they are themselves.

Text is just ink on a page until a reader comes along and gives it life.

The Universe is on the side of Justice

There are no rules when it comes to love.