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

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.

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.

A person's worth in this world is estimated according to the value he puts on himself.

You see, freedom has a way of destroying things.

Womanhood is a flourishing flower.

On ambition, goal setting and competition - it doesn't matter if you lose, but you can't win if you don't play the game.

My child was one of Nature's Tories pitted against a mother who was one of nurture's Lefties: it was no contest.

Girlfriend is such a stupid word. I couldn't stand calling her that. So, we had to get married, so I could call her 'wife.

No individual rain drop ever considers itself responsible for the flood.

I would never speculate on the limit. Every time you speculate, you're way too conservative

I respect a man who knows how to spell a word more than one way.

I think everybody has a little rule follower and a little rule breaker in them.

Bring me my bow of burning gold: Bring me my arrows of desire: Bring me my spear: O clouds, unfold! Bring me my chariot of fire.