Familiarity is the root of the closest friendships, as well as the interests hatreds.

The most civilized people are as near to barbarism as the most polished steel is to rust. Nations, like metals, have only a superficial brilliancy.

Man spends his life in reasoning on the past, in complaining of the present, in fearing future.

It is the dim haze of mystery that adds enchantment to pursuit.

Of every ten persons who talk about you, nine will say something bad, and the tenth will say something good in a bad way.

The absolute ruler may be a Nero, but he is sometimes a Titus or Marc Aurelius; the people is often Nero, but never Marc Aurelius.

To lose one's self in reverie, one must be either very happy, or very unhappy. Reverie is the child of extremes.

Gold like the sun, which melts wax, but hardens clay, expands great souls.

The only thing wealth does for some people is to make them worry about losing it.

The modest man has everything to gain, and the arrogant man everything to lose; for modesty has always to deal with generosity, and arrogance with envy.

Opinions, theories, and systems pass by turns over the grindstone of time, which at first gives them brilliancy and sharpness, but finally wears them out.

Our differences are the real treasures.

I am the creation of love.I am the source of love.I am the beginning of love.I like to vanish in love.

Hades is evolved to the highest state of simplicity.

It isn't an idea until it’s created irrespective of its result

Jealousy - that jumble of secret worship and ostensible aversion.

Parents don't need government to raise their kids. That's their job. But government can help them protect their children from influences they may not want their kids exposed to.

Never let anyone make you feel inferior for being who you are. When you live the life you were meant to live, in freedom and dignity

First and last, what is demanded of genius is love of truth.

People have a hard time making me dress up to look like a classy gal.

Our democracy must be not only the envy of the world but the engine of our own renewal. There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America.