A man can deceive a woman by his sham attachment to her provided he does not have a real attachment elsewhere.

The sweetest of all sounds is that of the voice of the woman we love.

No road is to long for him who advances slowly and does not hurry and no attainment is beyond his reach who equips himself with patience to achieve it

Generosity lies less in giving much than in giving at the right moment.

The spendthrift robs his heirs the miser robs himself.

A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself.

Courtly manners are contagious; they are caught at Versailles.

We are more sociable, and get on better with people by the heart than the intellect.

A prince wants only the pleasure of private life to complete his happiness.

There is as much trickery required to grow rich by a stupid book as there is folly in buying it.

Out of difficulties grow miracles.

Better the occasional faults of a government that lives in a spirit of charity than the consistent omissions of a government frozen in the ice of its own indifference.

Nobody succeeds beyond his or her wildest expectations unless he or she begins with some wild expectations

It is never a crime to steal the heart of someone you love.

I am not behold to any special interest, I've spent a lot of money on my campaign, I'll tell you. I write those checks. Nobody owns Trump.

You know I take music seriously, right? So I expect journalists to take being a journalist seriously.

The best leaders are humble enough to realize their victories depend upon their people.

If I'm in love I want to get married. That's how stupid I am.

New York... Babylon-on-the-Hudson, sinful, extravagant, full of the nervous hilarity of the doomed.

The joys of theory are the sweetest intellectual pleasures of life

True wisdom consists in respecting the simple things we do