A great passion has no partner.

Neatness begets order; but from order to taste there is the same difference as from taste to genius, or from love to friendship.

You may depend upon it that he is a good man whose intimate friends are all good, and whose enemies are decidedly bad.

The craftiest trickery are too short and ragged a cloak to cover a bad heart.

What knowledge is there of which man is capable that is not founded on the exterior,--the relation that exists between visible and invisible, the perceptible and the imperceptible?

You can depend on no man, on no friend, but him who can depend on himself.

Trust him not with your secrets, who, when left alone in your room, turns over your papers.

Who makes quick use of the moment is a genius of prudence.

Him, who incessantly laughs in the street, you may commonly hear grumbling in his closet.

Be certain that he who has betrayed thee once will betray thee again.

Sensibility is the power of woman.

The present is too often squandered grieving the past or fearing the future, which makes the present nothing more than a cheap facsimile of what was or what will be instead of what it could be.

(I)f we are going to be kind, let it be out of simple generosity, not because we fear guilt or retribution.

Paper tigers quake with fear when a real tiger enters the room.

It's very difficult to pin down the President of the United States without subpoena powers.

I just think the Kardashians are just so cheap!

I feel very, very blessed.

It's the coolest feeling signing your record. And it's great when people come to your shows and know the words to the new songs.

I have not loved the world, nor the world me.

Whether it's corporate investigations or comedy, there are certain inherent truths to trying to get what you want while trying to be a decent person doing it.

I'm not familiar with the metric system.