The humblest painter is a true scholar; and the best of scholars the scholar of nature.
I have the most romantic husband. I do.
I like to dream, but I like to make things happen.
My philosophy is that, in life, you have to want something. If you just say "la-la-la" and go through life without a goal, nothing will happen.
I think it's important to get your surroundings as well as yourself into a positive state - meaning surround yourself with positive people, not the kind who are negative and jealous of everything you do.
I'm European. I don't like wearing tops. And I don't like tan lines.
Pursue success, long after any sane person would have given up.
It is the chair in honor of all those who, however competently, embrace the impossible. Sit in that chair someday.
Some people have things written all over their faces; the big guy had a couple of words misspelled in crayon on his.
From the apparent usefulness of the social virtues, it has readily been inferred by sceptics, both ancient and modern, that all moral distinctions arise from education, and were, at first, invented, and afterwards encouraged. . . in order to render men tractable, and subdue their natural ferocity and selfishness, which incapacitated them for society.
Life that crawled, life that slunk and crept and never closed its eyes. Life that burrowed and scurried, and life so still it was indistinguishable from the ivy stems on which it lay. Birth, life, and death - each took place on the hidden side of a leaf.