Experience is never limited, and it is never complete

Under certain circumstances there are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea.

It's time to start living the life you've imagined.

Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind.

We work in the dark - we do what we can - we give what we have. Our doubt is our passion, and our passion is our task. The rest is the madness of art.

Do not mind anything that anyone tells you about anyone else. Judge everyone and everything for yourself.

Everything about Florence seems to be colored with a mild violet, like diluted wine.

Excellence does not require perfection.

The Roman jurisprudence has the longest known history of any set of human institutions.

I'm yours for ever--for ever and ever. Here I stand; I'm as firm as a rock. If you'll only trust me, how little you'll be disappointed. Be mine as I am yours.

It's a complex fate, being an American, and one of the responsibilities it entails is fighting against a superstitious valuation of Europe.

We are here for the evolution of our soul. This evolution happens through the management of both the ups and downs of physical life. Evolution is halted by pretending to be happy all the time

For years I wanted to be older and now I am.

Minnesota has a proud tradition of having two Senators on the Ag committee - a tradition I'd like very much to continue.

I like listening to people talk about things that they love. They get to express things they don't normally get to express.

Sometimes you have to go through some ugly stuff to get to the good stuff.

You don't have to understand why anything that has happened nor do you even have to understand what it is that has happened. You have only to live with the remains.

Cherie, keep walking. Shut your eyes. We are headed for the bridge. We are going to cross it.

I want your mind. Your strength. I want to be worth your time.

The deafest man can hear praise, and is slow to think any an excess.

Russian men have a saying: "Women are like buses..." That's it.