Just because things hadn't gone the way I had planned didn't necessarily mean they had gone wrong.

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

I do not think it worth while to wait for enjoyment until there is some real opportunity for it.

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.

Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.

The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs.

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

Forgiveness … is a gift of high value. Yet its cost is nothing.

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

You can't learn style. Style, I think, is in your DNA.

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

Love sought is good, but given unsought is better.