If our opinions rest upon solid ground, those who attack them do not make us angry, but themselves ridiculous.

The highest courage is to dare to appear to be what one is

Women are aristocrats, and it is always the mother who makes us feel that we belong to the better sort.

Each forward step we take we leave some phantom of ourselves behind.

We are more disturbed by a calamity which threatens us than by one which has befallen us.

As memory may be a paradise from which we cannot be driven, it may also be a hell from which we cannot escape.

Dislike of another's opinions and beliefs neither justifies our own nor makes us more certain of them: and to transfer the repugnance to the person himself is a mark of a vulgar mind.

Your faith is what you believe, not what you know.

What we love to do we find time to do.

Those who believe in our ability do more than stimulate us. They create for us an atmosphere in which it becomes easier to succeed.

When we have not the strength or the courage to grasp a new truth, we persuade ourselves that it is not a truth at all.

I’ve always felt that your belongings have never been on a level with you.

This ugly duckling investment will likely need time - quarters, or even years - to blossom into a beautiful swan.

I did what I came here to do. What I've done I've done with sincerity and to the best of my ability. You can't expect much more from life.

Anthologists are lazy fellows who like to spend a quiet evening at home raiding good books.

I have had three masters, Nature, Velasquez, and Rembrandt.

The way I figured it, I was even with baseball and baseball with me. The game had done much for me, and I had done much for it.

No subject is unsuitable for comedy.

Pray, hope and don't worry. Anxiety doesn't help at all. Our Merciful Lord will listen to your prayer.

God teaches us to love by putting some unlovely people around us.

Some people are more expressive in worship. Some people more subtle and it's all good