We appreciate frankness from those who like us. Frankness from others is called insolence.

We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity - romantic love and gunpowder.

Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold.

The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.

We can talk frankly about our defects only to those who recognise our qualities.

An artist must be a reactionary. He has to stand out against the tenor of the age and not go flopping along.

A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.

A marriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.

Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do not know.

A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.

If you create an act, you create a habit. If you create a habit, you create a character. If you create a character, you create a destiny.

Learn how to learn before you learn

Lincoln matured best in sorrow.

Whereever you are, you are one with the clouds and one with the sun and the stars you see. You are one with everything. That is more true than I can say, and more true than you can hear.

Shame is a destroyer of self-worth.

I just love pretty things, whether it is art, a song or a pair of shoes.

If there is anything the nonconformist hates worse than a conformist, it's another nonconformist who doesn't conform to the prevailing standard of nonconformity.

It is simply service that measures success.

What we do not understand we have no right to judge

God works according to the law of gradual growth, so don't be discouraged if your progress seems slow.

If you start doing things because you hate others and want to screw them over, the end result is bad.