Every present occasion will catch the senses of the vain man; and with that bridle and saddle you may ride him.

It is the nature of the strong heart, that like the palm tree it strives ever upwards when it is most burdened.

In forming a judgment, lay your hearts void of foretaken opinions; else, whatsoever is done or said, will be measured by a wrong rule; like them who have jaundice, to whom everything appears yellow.

It is a great happiness to be praised of them that are most praise-worthy.

My true love hath my heart, and I have his

The ingredients of health and long life, are great temperance, open air, easy labor, and little care.

Either I will find a way, or I will make one.

Like the air-invested heron, great persons should conduct themselves; and the higher they be, the less they should show.

Happiness is a sunbeam, which may pass though a thousand bosoms without losing a particle of its original ray.

If you neglect your work, you will dislike it; if you do it well, you will enjoy it

Cupid makes it his sport to pull the warrior's plum.

Love is the magic ink, which transform everyday life into a poetry.

You make me feel like the luckiest guy in the world

Knowledge is power, I said at last. "Let's do it.

I'll have to as you say take a stand do something toward shaking up that system. ... Despair ... is too easy an out.

The jealous have but moments of Delight for years of Pain.

I think I got left behind somewhere, because, you know, I'm still a romantic

I don't think today's younger audience... would even know what 1920s musicals were like.

An artist must be very careful not to look for models. As soon as one artist takes another as model, he is lost. There is no other point of departure than reality.

Waste of time is the most extravagant and costly of all expenses.

When I see my friends engaging in a Twitter war for an afternoon, I think that would destroy me for a month.