Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it.
I don't mind what language an opera is sung in so long as it is a language I don't understand.
Self-importance is our greatest enemy. Think about it - what weakens us is feeling offended by the deeds and misdeeds of our fellowmen. Our self-importance requires that we spend most of our lives offended by someone.
You cannot run away from a weakness; you must sometimes fight it out or perish. And if that be so, why not now, and where you stand?
It is a good rule in life never to apologize. The right sort of people do not want apologies, and the wrong sort take a mean advantage of them.
In America, through pressure of conformity, there is freedom of choice, but nothing to choose from.
Could you imagine how horrible things would be if we always told others how we felt? Life would be intolerably bearable.