Inspiration does exist, but it must find you working.
In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of office.
It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.
Good breeding consists of concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person.
Think of yourself as an incandescent power, illuminated and perhaps forever talked to by God and his messengers.
There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.
Depend not on fortune, but on conduct.
That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.
I'm moving, but don't worry! Someone once told me we're all on the same planet, so I'll be okay!