“Virtue has her heroes too As well as Fame and Fortune.”

Time consecrates; and what is gray with age becomes religion.

It hinders the creative work of the mind if the intellect examines too closely the ideas as they pour in.

Gray hairs are death’s blossoms.

Love is only known by him who hopelessly persists in love.

Did you think the lion was sleeping because he didn’t roar?

Even weak men when united are powerful.

The brave person thinks of himself last of all.

Whatever is not forbidden is permitted.

The strong man is strongest when alone.

The painter is, as to the execution of his work, a mechanic; but as to his conception and spirit and design he is hardly below even the poet.

We, we live! ours are the hours, and the living have their claims.

Let no one despair, even though in the darkest night the last star of hope may disappear.

Truth suffers no loss if a vehement youth fails in finding it, in the same way that virtue and religion suffer no detriment if a criminal denies them.

Day’s lustrous eyes grow heavy in sweet death.

The world is ruled only by consideration of advantages.

Think with awe on the slow and quiet power of time.

The day I got my first letter from a fan, I felt like I’d been touched by an angel.

Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering.

Fame is like caviar, you know – it’s good to have caviar but not when you have it at every meal.

Success is when your signature becomes an autograph.

The thing about Bollywood is that you can’t just quit it even if you have little fame. You have to stick around and keep trying.

What wretched doings come from the ardor of fame; the love of truth alone would never make one man attack another bitterly.

Fame is not the worst thing. I went to dinner the other night, and the girls in the restaurant ignored me. It was so annoying.

Being named among the best is special and beautiful.