What has a man's face to do with his character? Can a man of good character help having a disagreeable face?

One act of beneficence, one act of real usefulness, is worth all the abstract sentiment in the world.

I never trust people's assertions, I always judge of them by their actions.

To a generous mind few circumstances are more afflicting than a discovery of perfidy in those whom we have trusted.

How strange it is, that a fool or knave, with riches, should be treated with more respect by the world, than a good man, or a wise man in poverty!

Such is the inconsistency of real love, that it is always awake to suspicion, however unreasonable; always requiring new assurances from the object of its interest.

There is no accounting for tastes.

When one can hear people moving, one does not so much mind, about one's fears.

There is some comfort in dying surrounded by one's children.

Never will I give my hand where my heart does not accompany it.

Employment is the surest antidote to sorrow.

Our past may shape us, but it doesn't define who we become.

I am the sun who will bring delight when you are in-front of me. I am the moon who will show shyness when you are away from me.

I believe there are more films that involve love and forgiveness than violence, but they often seem fake and are almost embarrassing to watch.

Somebody informed me recently that the key to every art, from writing to gardening to sculpture, is creativity. I beg to differ.

We changed again, and yet again, and it was now too late and too far to go back, and I went on. And the mists had all solemnly risen now, and the world lay spread before me.

Every high school has its Romeo and Juliet, one tragic couple. So does every generation.

My theme for philanthropy is the same approach I used with technology: to find a need and fill it.

I initially signed up for Twitter just to do jokes I wasn't going to do in my stand-up routine.

Sir, a man who cannot get to heaven in a green coat, will not find his way thither the sooner in a grey one.