One of the great penalties those of us who live our lives in full view of the public must pay is the loss of that most cherished birthright of man's, privacy.

My loneliness was born when men praised my talkative faults and blamed my silent virtues.

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

My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.

Circumstances do not make the man, they reveal him.

Being unwanted, unloved, uncared for, forgotten by everybody, I think that is a much greater hunger, a much greater poverty than the person who has nothing to eat.

All that you accomplish or fail to accomplish with your life is the direct result of your thoughts.

Human decency is not derived from religion. It precedes it.

Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.

Moonlight is sculpture.

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.

I've been looking for a girl like you - not you, but a girl like you.

Purity of heart is to will one thing.

You’ll miss the best things if you keep your eyes shut.

The advantage of a bad memory is that one enjoys several times the same good thing for the first time.

In the rush for justice it is important not to lose sight of principles the country holds dear.

Blessed are the cracked, for they shall let in the light.

I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.

We are all worms, but I do believe that I am a glow-worm.

Every man's memory is his private literature.

They have formed their own 4-H club - the hopeless, hysterical hypochondriacs of history.