"We trifle when we assign limits to our desires, since nature hath set none."

"When all else is lost, the future still remains."

"There is great beauty in going through life without anxiety or fear. Half our fears are baseless, and the other half discreditable."

"Fame - a few words upon a tombstone, and the truth of those not to be depended on."

"Wisdom principle 24 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 68."

"I failed the LSAT. Basically, if I had not failed, I'd have been a lawyer and there would be no Spanx. I think failure is nothing more than life's way of nudging you that you are off course. My attitude to failure is not attached to outcome, but in not trying. It is liberating."

"Although one may fail to find happiness in theatrical life, one never wishes to give it up after having once tasted its fruits."

"Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen."