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.

Aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something.

Love sought is good, but given unsought is better.

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

It isn't just talent. You have to have something else. You have to have a kind of nerve.

Pretend you’re more obsessed with this moment and a little bit less with the way it ends.

If there's love in a house, it's a palace for sure.

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

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

Joy is not in things, it is in us.

Learning never exhausts the mind.