"Imitation is the sincerest of flattery."

"If you would be known, and not know, vegetate in a village; If you would know, and not be known, live in a city."

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

"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."

"We may lay in a stock of pleasures, as we would lay in a stock of wine; but if we defer tasting them too long, we shall find that both are soured by age."

"Examinations are formidable even to the best prepared, for the greatest fool may ask more than the wisest man can answer."

"Now I understand why Henry VIII started his own church."

"Life in abundance comes only through great love."

"I think fearlessness and stupidity go together."

"From the age of six, I have known that I was sexy. And let me tell you it has been hell, sheer hell, waiting to do something about it."

"The most precious gift we can offer others is our presence. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers."

"Time engraves our faces with all the tears we have not shed."