Bien podrán los encantadores quitarme la ventura, pero el esfuerzo y el ánimo, será imposible.
Marketing is so powerful that it can make even an extremely untalented musician a one-hundred-hits wonder.
Instead of being regarded as intelligent or knowledgeable, many a woman would rather be regarded as beautiful or good in the kitchen; many a man, as handsome or good in bed.
Even if it's not appreciated, do your best. Integrity will take you further than acknowledgement.
It is wise to buy acquaintances, but foolish to buy friends.
There is no absurdity so palpable but that it may be firmly planted in the human head if you only begin to inculcate it before the age of five, by constantly repeating it with an air of great solemnit...
The sorrow for the dead is the only sorrow from which we refuse to be divorced. Every other wound we seek to heal - every other affliction to forget; but this wound we consider it a duty to keep open...
Those that dare not to dream big are cowards, for they fear to expose the already great potentials embedded inside of them.
Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.
Those who are truly grateful are deeply moved by the privilege of living.
Live your life in such a way that you'll be remembered for your kindness, compassion, fairness, character, benevolence, and a force for good who had much respect for life, in general.