As far as your self-control goes, as far goes your freedom.

None are so inconsiderate as those who demand nothing of life other than their own personal comfort.

Misanthropy is a suit of armor lined with thorns.

Many think they have a kind heart who have only weak nerves.

An intelligent woman has millions of born enemies... all the stupid men.

We are so vain that we even care for the opinion of those we don't care for.

Calmness is the graceful form of Confidence.

Exceptions are not always the proof of the old rule; they can also be the harbinger of a new one.

Nothing is so often and so irrevocably missed as the opportunity which crops up daily.

There are very few honest friends--the demand is not particularly great.

Pain is the great teacher of mankind. Beneath its breath souls develop.

And then he was kissing me like we were both on fire and he was trying to put the flames out, and I kissed him back like an arsonist with a pocketful of matches.

Think big from the beginning.

Hand me down the shark repellent Bat-Spray!

The difficult child is the child who is unhappy. He is at war with himself; and in consequence, he is at war with the world.

Discord oft in music makes the sweeter lay.

I prefer to work with first-time directors.

Rage is a short-lived fury.

My greatest solace is my study. If I am deprived of my study, I can become lost, unhappy and unhinged.

There is no royal road to science, and only those who do not dread the fatiguing climb of its steep paths have a chance of gaining its luminous summits. (Preface to the French edition).

Soul's Castle fell at one blast of temptation, But many a worm had pierced the foundation.