The belief that youth is the happiest time of life is founded upon a fallacy. The happiest person is the person who thinks the most interesting thoughts, and we grow happier as we grow older.

Life is short, art long, opportunity fleeting, experiment dangerous, judgment difficult.

I'd just as soon play tennis with the net down.

Friendship may, and often does, grow into love, but love never subsides into friendship.

You cannot do a kindness too soon because you never know how soon it will be too late

Your dreams are the fuel that propels you forward. Never stop dreaming and pursuing what sets your soul on fire.

“Do I not effectually destroy my enemies, in making them my friends?”