Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. True friendship is a plant of slow grow, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.
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Hollywood is a place where people from Iowa mistake each other for stars.
Telling us to obey instinct is like telling us to obey “people.” People say different things: so do instincts. Our instincts are at war…. Each instinct, if you listen to it, will claim to be gratified at the expense of the rest….
Grace under Pressure.
I respect the man who knows distinctly what he wishes. The greater part of all mischief in the world arises from the fact that men do not sufficiently understand their own aims. They have undertaken to build a tower, and spend no more labor on the foundation than would be
Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow.
“He means well” is useless unless he does well.
What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.