Eloquence is to the sublime what the whole is to the part.

The sweetest of all sounds is that of the voice of the woman we love.

No road is to long for him who advances slowly and does not hurry and no attainment is beyond his reach who equips himself with patience to achieve it

Generosity lies less in giving much than in giving at the right moment.

The spendthrift robs his heirs the miser robs himself.

A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself.

Courtly manners are contagious; they are caught at Versailles.

We are more sociable, and get on better with people by the heart than the intellect.

A prince wants only the pleasure of private life to complete his happiness.

There is as much trickery required to grow rich by a stupid book as there is folly in buying it.

Out of difficulties grow miracles.

There is no such thing as notoriety in the United States these days, let alone infamy. Celebrity is all.

I could tell you which writer's rhythms I am imitating. It's not exactly plagiarism, it's falling in love with good language and trying to imitate it.

I like challenges that test your ingenuity.

Wisdom is what's left after we've run out of personal opinions.

If she's really psychic," Zack said when he saw Tanisha's photo at school, "why does she need a doorbell?

There are those who give little of the much which they have - and they give it for recognition and their hidden desire makes their gifts unwholesome.

I'd like to live like a poor man with a lot of money.

Doctors have throughout time made fortunes on killing their patients with their cures. The difference in psychiatry is that it is the death of the soul.

Tracy: Stop eating people's old french fries, little pigeon. Have some self-respect. Don't you know you can fly?