I have often been accused of putting my foot in my mouth, but I will never put my hand in your pockets

I must uphold my ideals, for perhaps the time will come when I shall be able to carry them out.

A woman can be over dressed but never over elegant.

Self-esteem comes from being able to define the world in your own terms and refusing to abide by the judgments of others.

Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our deeds.

The two offices of memory are collection and distribution.

There is nothing more miserable in the world than to arrive in paradise and look like your passport photo.

I speak for the trees, for the trees have no tongues.

He who never made a mistake, never made a discovery.

When we are no longer able to change a situation - we are challenged to change ourselves.

No temptation can gravitate to a man unless there is that in his heart which is capable of responding to it.

One must judge men not by their opinions, but by what their opinions have made of them.

When the dog looks at you, the dog is not thinking what kind of a person you are. The dog is not judging you.

It's better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone.

Remember upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all.

Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart.

What do you despise? By this are you truly known.

I like to think of myself at home in the armchair, writing, smoking and occasionally wandering down the shop.

Common looking people are the best in the world: that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them.

How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.

A scientific man ought to have no wishes, no affections, - a mere heart of stone.