Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened.

In art as in love, instinct is enough.

To accomplish great things we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.

If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we aren't really living.

All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another.

It is human nature to think wisely and act foolishly.

The fate of love is that it always seems too little or too much.

Never interrupt someone doing what you said couldn't be done.

I understand reversal of fortune; that usually has come through my own hand, but you know, you live life on life's terms.

Of all duties, prayer certainly is the sweetest and most easy.

If you are not yelling at your kids, you are not spending enough time with them.

I came to the conclusion long ago that all life is six to five against.

I only drink champagne on two occasions, when I am in love and when I am not.

Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.

Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.