Not what we have but what we enjoy constitutes our abundance.

True courage is like a kite; a contrary wind raises it higher.

An angry woman is vindictive beyond measure, and hesitates at nothing in her bitterness.

The hatred we bear our enemies injures their happiness less than our own.

Every generous illusion of youth leaves a wrinkle as it departs. Experience is the successive disenchanting of the things of life; it is reason enriched with the heart's spoils.

Happiness is where we find it, but rarely where we seek it.

Envy, like flame, blackens that which is above it, and which it cannot reach.

It requires less character to discover the faults of others, than to tolerate them.

Do you know a young and beautiful woman who is not ready to flirt-just a little?

Loud indignation against vice often stands for virtue in the eyes of bigots.

Many fortunes, like rivers, have a pure source, but grow muddy as they grow large.

The key to successful aging is to pay as little attention to it as possible.

The great ones realize that what you did yesterday guarantees you nothing today. The challenge is too many people are busy celebrating yesterday's success.

Don't run away from the world. The world is God. Don't run towards the world. God is the void. Don't be afraid of the complexities of this life, nor the stark simplicity of death.

Providence has at all times been my only dependence, for all other resources seemed to have failed us.

My feeling is, we ran from animals for three million years. It's our time now. If a cow could eat you, it would. And it wouldn't care how comfortable your truck ride over was, either.

You're making me nervous by being so weird. But your weirdness is what I like about you.

Being in an area of the planet where scientists believe mankind started is quite amazing.

I have no satisfaction in formulas unless I feel their numerical magnitude.

When the ancients said a work well begun was half done, they meant to impress the importance of always endeavoring to make a good beginning.

Let none presume To wear an undeserved dignity.