Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.

There are more things to alarm us than to harm us, and we suffer more often in apprehension than reality.

Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for truth

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.

Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.

Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it's cracked up to be.

What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.