Beauty should be kind, as well as charm.

There is no heaven like mutual love.

Of all the kind of pains, the greatest pain is to love and to love in vain.

Of all the plagues with which the world is curst, Of every ill, a woman is the worst.

Mankind, from Adam, have been women's fools; Women, from Eve, have been the devil's tools: Heaven might have spar'd one torment when we fell; Not left us women, or not threatened hell.

Marriage the happiest bond of love might be, If hands were only joined when hearts agree.

The virtuous nothing fear but life with shame, And death's a pleasant road that leads to fame.

Whoe'er thou art, thy Lord and master see, Thou wast my Slave, thou art, or thou shalt be.

Who to a woman trusts his peace of mind, Trusts a frail bark, with a tempestuous wind.

O Love! thou bane of the most generous souls! Thou doubtful pleasure, and thou certain pain.

Shall Nature, erring from her first command, self-preservation, fall by her own hand?

For all those landscapes, those flowers and those plowed fields, the oldest of lands, show you every spring that there are things you cannot choke in blood.

When you find your passion, turn a deaf ear to the naysayers and follow your dreams.

I must warn you that the books I like are not necessarily the ones I think are the best. I like them for various reasons not always easy to explain.

If I let the past and my goals be the only thing that drives me in life, I will never know the meaning of being happy.

Your belief system saturates the space around you.

I've always felt that singing is half technical, half taxing. You've got words, a melody, and an instrument, and you have to do justice to the words. You're just a medium for people to feel the song.

Perhaps the greatest paradox of all is that there are paradoxes in mathematics.

We are women of the world The colors of our souls, rich and beautiful We sing from the same heart, with many voices

I often go to bed in my birthday suit. But I like teddies and cute little undies that match. I like a sexy bra and panty set, or little shorts.

It is dangerous to let the public behind the scenes. They are easily disillusioned and then they are angry with you, for it was the illusion they loved.