"He will live ill who does not know how to die well."

"Men do not care how nobly they live, but only how long, although it is within the reach of every man to live nobly, but within no man's power to live long."

"Many things have fallen only to rise higher."

"It is a great thing to know the season for speech and the season for silence."

"The most onerous slavery is to be a slave to oneself."

"It is a denial of justice not to stretch out a helping hand to the fallen; that is the common right of humanity."

"After all, what is your hosts' purpose in having a party? Surely not for you to enjoy yourself; if that were their sole purpose, they'd have simply sent champagne and women over to your place by taxi."

"It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances."

"I could not at any age be content to take my place in a corner by the fireside and simply look on."

"I've often thought that the process of aging could be slowed down if it had to go through Congress."

"What is youth except a man or a woman before it is ready or fit to be seen?"

"The best way to try to motivate somebody is by being direct with them. To be honest with them. Lies are never the right way to get your message across."