Incessant falls teach men to reform, and distress rouses their strength. Life springs from calamity, and death from ease.

Friendship is one mind in two bodies.

The great man is he who does not lose his child's heart.

Try your best to treat others as you would wish to be treated yourself, and you will find that this is the shortest way to benevolence

The disease of men is that they neglect their own fields and go to weed the fields of others.

To act without clear understanding, to form habits without investigation, to follow a path all one's life without knowing where it really leads; such is the behavior of the multitude.

There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination.

The best things in life come in threes, like friends, dreams, and memories.

Sincerity is the way to heaven.

People are eager to comment on something when they themselves are not in the situation of doing it.

He who loves others is constantly loved by them. He who respects others is constantly respected by them.

The secret strength of a nation is found in the faith that abides in the hearts and homes of the country.

Since we cannot know all that there is to be known about anything, we ought to know a little about everything.

Attention to detail is of utmost importance when you want to look good.

What I got which was unusual, especially as a child actress, was parents who believed that Hollywood was not that important. They told us education, family, health, all come first and they meant it.

If there's any literary ability in a feller, getting fired out of a good government job will bring it out.

You could love me or hate me I swear it won't make me or break me. I'm goin where ever the money takes me.

I think that reaching out to kids that feel really isolated is a life saving gesture that we have a responsibility as older queers to do.

Many of us had this idea of doing independent film, of making personal, relevant films, as opposed to Hollywood fluff. I directed a few.

Knowing how to look is a way of inventing.

His virtues walked their narrow round, Nor made a pause, nor left a void; And sure the Eternal Master found The single talent well employed.