A graceful taunt is worth a thousand insults.

I know of no higher fortitude than stubborness in the face of overwhelming odds.

A man who works with his hands is a laborer; a man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman; but a man who works with his hands and his brain and his heart is an artist.

Words of comfort, skillfully administered, are the oldest therapy known to man.

When a man points a finger at someone else, he should remember that four of his fingers are pointing at himself.

True religion is the life we lead, not the creed we profess.

A beautiful lady is an accident of nature. A beautiful old lady is a work of art.

Preparation is the be-all of good trial work. Everything else - felicity of expression, improvisational brilliance - is a satellite around the sun. Thorough preparation is that sun.

Education is not the accumulation of knowledge, but the ability to find it.

The best reply to an atheist is to give him a good dinner and ask him if he believes there is a cook.

A speaker who does not strike oil in ten minutes should stop boring.

It isn't what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about.

Oh God! that bread should be so dear And flesh and blood so cheap!

A great step toward independence is a good-humoured stomach.

Dans une grande a" me tout est grand. In a great soul everything isgreat.

Paris is so beautiful. Mr. President, you should really think about going there sometime.

Shallow breathing is the root of all evil but conscious deep breathing restores and secures our souls.

So the most natural thing to me is to stay as pure to or real to or close to who I am as possible.

Dependence goes somewhat against the grain of a generous mind; and it is no wonder that it should do so, considering the unreasonable advantage which is often taken of the inequality of fortune.

It's the emptiest and yet the fullest of all human messages: 'Good-bye.

I'm dyslexic, I have attention-deficit disorder, and I've got something like a hereditary tremor.