The unbosoming oneself to another is a kind of release to the soul, which strives to lighten its burden and find ease by throwing off the weight that lay heavy upon it.

Most frequently we make confidants from vanity, a love of talking, a wish to win the confidence of others, and to make an exchange of secrets.

The highest skill is the true judgment of values.

Deprived of the company of fools, a great wit does not seem half so clever.

However different men's fortunes may be, there is always something or other that balances the ill and the good, and makes all even at last.

The most trying fools are the bright ones.

Young women that would not be thought coquettish, and old men that would not be ridiculous, should never talk of love, as if they had any concern in it.

Nothing is given so willingly as advice.

More things are left undone through neglect of duty than through neglect of self-interest.

When we are born, It is into a strange world.And when we live life, We find that we are all strangers.Yet when we die, We find that we were all friends who never knew it.

When you are clear on your calling, you command the universe to bid to your voice

No social system will bring us happiness health and prosperity unless it is inspired by something greater than materialism.

Happiness is really rooted in simplicity. The tendency to excessiveness in thought and action diminishes happiness.

Fragrance takes you on a journey of time. You can walk down the street and pass someone and get taken back 20 years. It's very Proustian that way.

One of the grave dangers inherent in the various stages of any theatrical career-whether it be budding, quiescent or diminishing-is the advice of friends.

Justice is a faculty that may be developed. This development is what constitutes the education of the human race.

That she won the game startled me cold. The way she won, the pattern of her thought on the chessboard, charmed me warm again and then some.

With all due respect, I have nothing to prove about my worth to anyone.

A house is built of logs and stone, of tiles and posts and piers; a home is built of loving deeds that stand a thousand years.