All the evil in the world is the fault of the self-styled pure in heart, a result of their eagerness to unearth secrets and expose them to the light of the sun.

Only the mediocre are always at their best.

Sadness flies on the wings of the morning, and out of the heart of darkness comes the light.

When you see a woman who can go nowhere without a staff of admirers, it is not so much because they think she is beautiful, it is because she has told them they are handsome.

Little by little, the pimps have taken over the world. They don't do anything, they don't make anything - they just stand there and take their cut.

I'm not afraid of death. It's the stake one puts up in order to play the game of life.

There is no better way of exercising the imagination than the study of law. No poet ever interpreted nature as freely as a lawyer interprets the truth.

The flower is the poetry of reproduction. It is an example of the eternal seductiveness of life.

One of the privileges of the great is to witness catastrophes from a terrace.

To seek out in a world full of joy the one thing that is certain to give you pain, and hug it to your bosom with all your strength; that's the greatest human happiness.

A man's name, title, and rank are artificial and impermanent; they do nothing to reveal what he really is, even to himself.

The only difference between the Democrats and the Republicans is that the Democrats allow the poor to be corrupt, too.

With the help of God, we shall triumph in any trouble.

Even a deep chick like me needed to have a shallow spot somewhere inside.

A more wonderful life and a more beautiful world is one thought away.

It's very hard to get out of this hold, that's why you either have to scoot backwards, move forwards, or try to get up.

If you don't find a leader, perhaps it is because you were meant to lead.

Everyone can have a bad day.

Kindness is the only charm permitted to the aged; it is the coquetry of white hairs.

The world wants to be cheated. So cheat.

Something in me vibrates to a dusky, dreamy smell of dying moons and shadows.