Esteem has more engaging charms than friendship, or even love. It captivates hearts better, and never makes ings.

Misers are very kind people: they amass wealth for those who wish their death.

I believe, indeed, that it is more laudable to suffer great misfortunes than to do great things.

Can princes born in palaces be sensible of the misery of those who dwell in cottages?

To believe with certainty, we must begin with doubting.

We are usually mistaken in esteeming men too much; rarely in esteeming them too little.

Gaiety is the soul's health; sadness is its poison.

How many persons fancy they have experience simply because they have grown old!

Genius speaks only to genius.

Conscience warns us as a friend before it punishes us as a judge.

There are few defects in our nature so glaring as not to be veiled from observation by politeness and good-breeding.

Something inside me clicks. It's like I've spent my whole life fiddling with a complicated combination only to discover I was toying with the wrong lock.

The trick for introverts is to honor their styles instead of allowing themselves to be swept up by prevailing norms.

Love is worth everything. Everything.

In the last analysis, it is our conception of death which decides our answers to all the questions that life puts to us.

If you have accepted Christ, your sins have been washed away, and you have been born again into a new life through faith in the God-Man, Jesus Christ, who came to rescue this world.

These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties.

I met my husband, Will Smith, when I was 19 and auditioned to be his date on 'The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.' They said I was too short to play the part.

During the presidential primaries of 1940, I received a request from the Democratic National Committee to sing God Bless America before the speeches.

The knowledge that God has loved me beyond all limits will compel me to go into the world to love others in the same way.

I'm sensitive and get easily upset and insulted.