When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves.

The best friend is he that, when he wishes a person's good, wishes it for that person's own sake.

It is not a daily increase, but a daily decrease. Hack away at the inessentials.

It isn't a sadness, but a joy, that we don't do the same things for the length of our lives.

From our first babblings to our last word, we make but one statement, and that is our life.

Enthusiasm is the great hill-climber.

Every individual matters. Every individual has a role to play.

What you think about day and night forms your character and personality.

A book must be the axe for the frozen sea inside us.

I learned that you have to push away the demand of people's expectations by believing in your instincts.

We are all of us obliged... to nurse a few little follies in ourselves.

You must not try to make love definite. It is the divine accident of life.