We recognize the action of God in great things: we exclude it in small. We forget that the Lord of eternity is also the Lord of the hour.

The world has no sympathy with any but positive griefs. It will pity you for what you lose; never for what you lack

Travel is the frivolous part of serious lives, and the serious part of frivolous ones.

We reform others unconsciously when we walk uprightly.

There is a transcendent power in example.

To love deeply in one direction makes us more loving in all others.

Silence is like nightfall. Objects are lost in it insensibly.

The chains which cramp us most are those which weigh on us least.

The mind wears the colors of the soul, as a valet those of his master.

In youth we feel richer for every new illusion; in maturer years, for every one we lose.

Strength alone knows conflict, weakness is born vanquished.

The great thing about McDonald's is that they have a lot of different things on the menu. I love their salads.

You just don't know if you'll be around tomorrow. You just don't.

Forbeare not sowing because of birds.

The success of our operas rests most of the time in the hands of the conductor. This person is as necessary as a tenor or a prima donna.

To die should be the most interesting journey of all the journeys a person can take.

You've got to be a good date for the reader.

Beauty, as defined by society at large, seemed to be only about who was best at looking like everyone else.

Life is short and I have some things I'd still like to do.

The human body has absolutely no requirement for animal flesh. Nobody has ever been found face-down 20 yards from Burger King because they couldn't get their Whopper in time.

Poverty can't be eliminated by punishing people who've escaped poverty.