"The love we give away is the only love we keep."

"To know when to be generous and when to be firm -- this is wisdom."

"Never explain--your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway."

"Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met on the street."

"To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing and be nothing."

"Live truth instead of professing it."

"Our friendships are precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life;and thanks to a benevolent arrangement of things, the greater part is sunshine."

"There is no death. Only a change of worlds."

"People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed."

"My life may not be scintillating. But living it is more interesting than watching yours."

"I'm a solipsist and, I have to say, I'm surprised there aren't more of us."

"The leader has to be practical and a realist, yet must talk the language of the visionary and the idealist."