The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other’s life.

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

When you enter those places of trust, or power, dream a little before you think.

One shouldn't just hope to be treated well: one must insist on it.

Judge each day not by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant.

I can't give you a recipe for success, but I can give you a recipe for failure: try to please everybody.

Love sought is good, but given unsought is better.

Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.

You will never get any more out of life than you expect.

We cannot be more sensitive to pleasure without being more sensitive to pain.

Admire as much as you can, most people don't admire enough.

Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.