"Imitation is the sincerest of flattery."

"Men are born with two eyes, but only one tongue, in order that they should see twice as much as they say."

"The greatest friend of Truth is time, her greatest enemy is Prejudice, and her constant companion Humility."

"To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it; to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it."

"Many books require no thought from those who read them, and for a very simple reason; they made no such demand upon those who wrote them."

"True friendship is like sound health, the value of it is seldom known until it be lost."

"Thank God I have done my duty."

"There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about."

"What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly. It is dearness only that gives everything its value."

"The dance is a poem of which each movement is a word."

"Pushing forty? She's hanging on for dear life."

"James, you ought to discover some day that words have an exact meaning."