Ennui is the disease of hearts without feeling, and of minds without resources.

If we do not die for liberty, we shall soon have nothing left to do but weep for her.

The more I see of men, the more I admire dogs. - Jeanne

Oh Liberty! Liberty! What crimes are committed in your name!

It is for the wise people who delight in humanity, praise justice, despise their flatterers, and respect the truth.

Selfishness, not love, is the actuating motive of the gallant.

It would have cost me more trouble to escape from injustice, than it does to submit to it.

A fondness for satire indicates a mind pleased with irritating others; for myself, I never could find amusement in killing flies.

I was not always free from melancholy; but even melancholy had its charms.

The feeble tremble before opinion, the foolish defy it, the wise judge it, the skillful direct it.

People who know how to employ themselves, always find leisure moments, while those who do nothing are forever in a hurry.

IT happened. There is no avoiding it, no forgetting. No running away, or flying, or burying, or hiding.

If you are nice, and keep your promise, we will be in paradise.

Republicans have spent a lot of money redistricting and everything, getting control of these governorships and statehouses.

Staff officers of inharmonious disposition, irrespective of their ability, must be removed. A staff cannot function unless it is a united family.

We have no lesson to teach Russia if we concurrently roll out the red carpet to Qatar, Saudi Arabia and China.

I mean, there are things in the book you could never do in a movie.

Though one can dine in New York, one could not dwell there.

The conception of background music is changing. You use less and less of it these days.

Everything is entertainment; criticism is now entertainment and it seems that the French directors have woken up one day and suddenly realised that they were not backed up any more.