As long as a man does not sin, he is feared. As soon as he sins, he himself is in fear.

Love gives strength to the spirit.

A happy life has never been the outcome of dragging the negative experiences that belong in one's past into one's present and future.

We were astonished by the beauty and refinement of the art displayed by the objects surpassing all we could have imagined - the impression was overwhelming.

There is such a thing as society. It's just not the same thing as the state.

Some of the fans look at me as a villain or not a nice guy for some reason. I don't feel like that's the case, personally.

I stared at him, unable to believe this was happening. That he could just disappear, along with everything rich and strange he’d brought into my life. Vanished, like magic.

There is not a single human characteristic that can be safely labeled as American.

I do not see, Sir, that it is reasonable for a man to be angry at another, whom a woman has preferred to him; but angry he is, no doubt; and he is loath to be angry at himself.

It's pretty lonely and sad to be single. Every night was the same for me, I'd go home and curl up in bed with my favorite book. Well, actually it was a magazine.

What matters is that you are doing what you think is right based on the standards which you hold.