All our souls are written in our eyes.

My wit is sharper then the finest mustache, and when I walk among men I make truths ring like spurs.

A kiss, when all is said, what is it? A rosy dot placed on the 'I' in loving; Tis a secret told to the mouth instead of to the ear.

The dream, alone, is of interest. What is life without a dream?

It is at night that faith in light is admirable.

My heart always timidly hides itself behind my mind. I set out to bring down stars from the sky, then, for fear of ridicule, I stop and pick little flowers of eloquence.

A large nose is in fact the sign of an affable man, good, courteous, witty, liberal, courageous, such as I am.

A kiss is a secret which takes the lips for the ear.

I-I am going to be a storm-a flame- I need to fight whole armies alone; I have ten hearts; I have a hundred arms; I feel too strong to war with mortals- BRING ME GIANTS!

I am what I am because early in life I decided that I would please at least myself in all things.

To offend is my pleasure; I love to be hated.

Revenge is a feast for thegods!

A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.

I think I'm afraid of being happy because whenever I get too happy something bad always happens.

The world, indeed, is like a dream and the treasures of the world are an alluring mirage! Like the apparent distances in a picture, things have no reality in themselves, but they are like heat haze.

Tal's combinations often exert a sort of paralysing influence on the opponent's play. It would seem that the element of surprise plays a big part in this.

You're gambling with something vital. Most writers get smashed egos.

All I wanted, even when I hated you most, was some poor, barren, parched excuse to love you. But you only gave me riddles.

Well see, I'm a good enough writer that not everybody in my books talks exactly like I do.

It's one that still happens, actually... forgetting a part of a difficult piece. Usually, the chances of it happening are directly proportional to how quiet and attentive the audience is.

Men are simple creatures. It doesn't take much to please us. The problem is women.