Speak the affirmative; emphasize your choice by utter ignoring of all that you reject.

The key to the age may be this, or that, or the other, as the young orators describe; the key to all ages is - Imbecility; imbecility in the vast majority of men, at all times, and, even in heroes, in all but certain eminent moments; victims of gravity

Who shall set a limit to the influence of a human being?

A strong person makes the law and custom null before his own will.

Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting some on yourself.

All good conversation, manners, and action come from a spontaneity which forgets usages and makes the moment great.

In a world of infinite choice people are struggling to figure out what to do.