A man who has schemed for some time can no longer do without it; all other ways of living are to him dull and insipid.

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.

I think in a lot of ways unconditional love is a myth. My mom's the only reason I know it's a real thing.

Elves have this superhuman strength, yet they're so graceful. Tolkien created them to be angelic spirits, but I also saw Legolas as something out of the Seven Samurai.

A great sorrow, like a mariner's quadrant, brings the sun at noon down to the horizon, and we learn where we are on the sea of life.

I look forward to an America which will not be afraid of grace and beauty.

Everybody seems to know me. It's very strange

I think I'm a very poor piano player.

The heat of charity opens the doors of the heart. The heat of charity brings solar faith to the Mind. Charity is Conscious Love.

The more you read, the better you're going to become as a storyteller.

Social media is its own sort of thing: Twitter and Facebook have changed the way everyone perceives everything.

I keep what's mine, and I do not share.