Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.

Being good to people is a wonderful legacy to leave behind.

Find the thing you do well and do it again and again for the rest of your life.

There’s not a word yet for old friends who’ve just met.

The chief prevention against getting old is to remain astonished.

In all things it is better to hope than to despair.

In quietness the soul expands.

You know the greatest thing is passion, without it what have you got?

It’s better to look ahead and prepare, than to look back and regret.

Not failure, but low aim, is the crime. In great attempts it is glorious even to fail.

Some people try to destroy you, precisely because they recognize your power.

All art is autobiographical; the pearl is the oyster’s autobiography.