The poorest service is repaid with thanks.
Liberty is the breath of life to nations.
Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.
Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.
Both optimists and pessimists contribute to society. The optimist invents the aeroplane, the pessimist the parachute.
It is not that I am so clever; it is that everyone else is so stupid.
No diet will remove all the fat from your body because the brain is entirely fat. Without a brain, you might look good, but all you could do is run for public office.
Conducting was just something that happened by fluke.
For love, thou know'st, is full of jealousy
He was uncomplicated and upbeat and easy. At one point, I might have thought these traits made him a simpleton, but now I think they just translate to happiness.
Heaven often protects valuable souls charged with great secrets, great ideas, by long shutting them up with their own thoughts.