I have never known a man who was sensual in his youth, who was high-minded when old.

From the beginning of our history the country has been afflicted with compromise. It is by compromise that human rights have been abandoned.

The true grandeur of humanity is in moral elevation, sustained, enlightened and decorated by the intellect of man.

The age of chivalry has gone; the age of humanity has come.

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature.

The thing that I've learned is that there really is no joy, and nothing ever good is going to come from negativity. Those are thoughts that, even if you were presenting an honest version of yourself, there's just no point in sharing.

Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.

I used to say that 'happy' was like 'lucky,' kind of imaginary. But now that I'm married and have children, I find that happiness is a real space.