"For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors, and laugh at them in our turn?"

"Woman is fine for her own satisfaction alone. No man will admire her the more, no woman will like her the better for it. Neatness and fashion are enough for the former, and a something of shabbiness or impropriety will be most endearing to the latter."

"To love truly means recognizing that a mind at peace can weather any storm."

"It is a profound truth that the seeds of triumph are sown in the quiet mornings when no one is watching — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"And I believe that you never be limited in what you do, so I like to do movies, I like to do television."

"We do not remember the passing of hours, but the resonance of moments — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Most of my arguments with musicians through the years have had more to do with their attitude about music, or their attitude about their own lives, or their personal responsibility. Music has never really been the big centerpiece of the fight."

"If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away."