The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.

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

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

I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart.

The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.

If you want to look good in front of thousands, you have to outwork thousands in front of nobody.

Failure is a greater teacher than success. Listen, learn, go on.

Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought.

My only advice is to stay aware, listen carefully, and yell for help if you need it.

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

In quietness the soul expands.

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