A good liar must have a good memory.

Courage is being scared to death... and saddling up anyway.

The death of a beautiful woman, is unquestionably the most poetical topic in the world.

The Declaration of Independence I always considered as a theatrical show. Jefferson ran away with all the stage effect of that... and all the glory of it.

Being an intellectual creates a lot of questions and no answers.

The mystery of the beginning of all things is insoluble by us; and I for one must be content to remain an agnostic

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

Maybe you are searching among the branches, for what only appears in the roots.

Show love, compassion, protection & generosity to those who depend on you – in fact, to everyone.

Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so you shall become. Your vision is the promise of what you shall one day be; your ideal is the prophecy of what you shall at last unveil.

Each soul is potentially divine.

All the perplexities, confusion and distress in America arise, not from defects in their Constitution or Confederation, not from want of honor or virtue, so much as from the downright ignorance of the nature of coin, credit and circulation.

Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't.

Certainty? In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.

I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something that I can do.

Children show me in their playful smiles the divine in everyone.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month.

Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not.

A man can do what he wants, but not want what he wants.

Before I speak, I have something important to say.