I can resist anything except temptation.

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.

Anybody can be good in the country. There are no temptations there.

The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it.

I must decline your invitation owing to a subsequent engagement.

Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.

I have made it a rule of my life never to regret and never to look back. Regret is an appalling waste of energy... you can't build on it; it's only good for wallowing in.

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

There are no mistakes, save one: the failure to learn from a mistake.

Shine your soul with the same egoless humility as the rainbow and no matter where you go in this world or the next, love will find you, attend you, and Bless you.

Watch your manner of speech if you wish to develop a peaceful state of mind. Start each day by affirming peaceful, contented and happy attitudes and your days will tend to be pleasant and successful.

The greatest tragedy of life is not death, but a life without a purpose.

A children's story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children's story in the slightest.

Are you green and growing or ripe and rotting?