The fact disclosed by a survey of the past that majorities have been wrong must not blind us to the complementary fact that majorities have usually not been entirely wrong.

The wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the past, he is a parent of the future.

Those who have never entered upon scientific pursuits know not a tithe of the poetry by which they are surrounded.

We do not commonly see in a tax a diminution of freedom, and yet it clearly is one.

Happiness is a ball after which we run wherever it rolls, and we push it with our feet when it stops.

I don't know what I would have done without acting. I officially fell into it around age 6 in a class play that reimagined 'The Ugly Duckling.' My joy in performing was so boundless, you would have thought I'd just won a Tony.

Happiness seems made to be shared.

If you wait for the perfect moment when all is safe and assured, it may never arrive. Mountains will not be climbed, races won, or lasting happiness achieved.