A work of art is said to be perfect in proportion as it does not remind the spectator of the process by which it was created.

There is a strength of quiet endurance as significant of courage as the most daring feats of prowess.

Reason is not time only interpreter of life. The fountain of action is in time feelings.

There is more or less of pathos in all true beauty. The delight it awakens has an indefinable, and, as it were, luxurious sadness, which is perhaps one element of its might.

No man flatters the woman he truly loves.

The soul, by an instinct stronger than reason, ever associates beauty with truth.

The art of walking is at once suggestive of the dignity of man. Progressive motion alone implies power, but in almost every other instance it seems a power gained at the expense of self-possession.

National enthusiasm is the nursery of genius.

Fashion seldom interferes with nature without diminishing her grace and efficiency.

To analyze the charms of flowers is like dissecting music; it is one of those things which it is far better to enjoy, than to attempt to fully understand.

Do not give to thy friends the most agreeable counsels, but the most advantageous.

I do not think you can name many great inventions that have been made by married men.

I confused things with their names: that is belief.

Avoid the use of abusive words in communications that may switch off the attention of your mentor and your customers away.

In our family, as far as we are concerned, we were born and what happened before that is myth.

Repeat anything often enough and it will start to become you.

We can break news really fast. When an earthquake happens, there are people Twittering about it.

Basketball used to be my top priority.

Since the 1960s, exile for Haitians is a condition that ends only to begin again.

I expect it is very possible that I would make as good a President as a great many men who are talked of for that position.

I'm like a beast. I just take it out on the track.