Instrumental or mechanical science is the noblest and above all others, the most useful.

Learning never exhausts the mind.

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

A beautiful body perishes, but a work of art dies not.

To make a perfume, take some rose water and wash your hands in it, then take a lavender flower and rub it with your palms, and you will achieve the desired effect

Being willing is not enough. We must do.

Learning is the only thing the mind never exhausts, never fears, and never regrets.

There are three classes of people: those who see, those who see when they are shown, those who do not see.

Life is pretty simple: You do some stuff. Most fails. Some works. You do more of what works.

Whatever you do in life, if you want to be creative and intelligent, and develop your brain, you must do everything with the awareness that everything, in some way, connects to everything else.

When you put your hand in a flowing stream, you touch the last that has gone before and the first of what is still to come.

I like to read fairytales. They make my imagination go wild, and I wander in fairyland.

It was always once springtime in my heart.

Ain’t nothing scarier than someone with nothing.

Five hundred years from now, who'll know the difference?!

I always wanted the fairy tale, but now I want someone who is a great partner.

I read the book with interest, but when Jackson was a candidate in 1828 for the Presidency, I opposed him and voted for Adams. I favored a protective tariff.

When you're in there fighting, there's an energy and there's a focus that is nearly unbreakable.

When a woman dresses up for an occasion, the man should become the black velvet pillow for the jewel.

My mom kind of led me toward acting. She wanted to be an actress when she was younger. That made me interested in it when I was a kid, because she and I are very close.