But authors before they write should read.

Insensibility, of all kinds, and on all occasions, most moves my imperial displeasure

I am ashamed of confessing that I have nothing to confess.

Travelling is the ruin of all happiness. There's no looking at a building here after seeing Italy.

But if the young are never tired of erring in conduct, neither are the older in erring of judgment.

Credulity is the sister of innocence.

I wish the opera was every night. It is, of all entertainments, the sweetest and most delightful. Some of the songs seemed to melt my very soul.

to diminish expectation is to increase enjoyment.

Nothing is so delicate as the reputation of a woman; it is at once the most beautiful and most brittle of all human things.

A youthful mind is seldom totally free from ambition; to curb that, is the first step to contentment, since to diminish expectation is to increase enjoyment.

I cannot sleep - great joy is as restless as sorrow.

A flower may die after giving beauty, love, and joy, but it will not vanish. It will transform into a fruit of eternal joy.

Actors need to trust themselves. If you trust yourself, you can trust others and leave the director outside.

Is marriage for ever? I think you get married with the intention that it will be, but who knows?

I want my own books to have their own shelves," you said, and that's how I knew it would be okay to live together.

A sense of humor is needed armor.

Often times I have hated in self-defense; if I were stronger I would not have used such a weapon.

So preach that those who do not fall out with their sins may fall out with thee.

In the coming decades, questions of identity, meaning cultural heritage, language, and religion will play a central role in politics.

We just were a band one day. We woke up and in the morning we were a band.

It is sometimes said that conduct is supremely important and worship helps it. The truth is that worship is supremely important and conduct tests it