Love is illogical, love had consequences--I did this to myself, and I should be able to take it.
Perfect reason flees all extremity, and leads one to be wise with sobriety.
I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores.
You never see the old austerity That was the essence of civility; Young people hereabouts, unbridled, now Just want.
Reason is not what decides love.
When you model yourself on people, you should try to resemble their good sides.
What! Would you make no distinction between hypocrisy and devotion? Would you give them the same names, and respect the mask as you do the face? Would you equate artifice and sincerity? Confound appearance with truth? Regard the phantom as the very person? Value counterfeit as cash?
It's no use saying do this, do that, don't do that. . . it's very easy when children want something to say no immediately. I think it's quite important not to give an unequivocal answer at once. Much better to think it over. Then, if you eventually say no, I think they really accept it.
The Divine mind does not think for us, or inspite of us, but works in us to think, and to will, and to do.
I love to dwell on the thought that the artist is next in divinity to the saint. He, like the saint, performs miracles.
The ones who become stars or superstars are the ones who have a head on their shoulders and know how to use it.