A mother's happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories.
It is curious to what a degree one may become attached to a fine tree, especially when it is placed where trees are rare.
Doubt whom you will, but never yourself.
Our first and last love is self-love.
We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them.
It is the passion that is in a kiss that gives to it its sweetness; it is the affection in a kiss that sanctifies it.
When all else is lost, the future still remains.
The only thing that stands between a man and what he wants from life is often merely the will to try it and the faith to believe that it is possible.
When you choose to do a role, I think you can either be that person or have the potential of being that person.
The obscurest sayings of the truly great are often those which contain the germ of the profoundest and most useful truths. Genius rapidly traverses the living present to bury itself in the deepest mysteries of the universe; often making the grandest discoveries at a single glance.
I love that New York City is a true melting pot.