Even in misery we love to be foremost, to have the bitter in our cup acknowledged as more bitter than that of others.

Temptations come, as a general rule, when they are sought.

To have a man who can flirt is next thing to indispensable to a leader of society.

One only says it is one's duty when one has something disagreeable to do.

The ideal is the flower-garden of the mind, and very apt to run to weeds unless carefully tended.

As for pictures and museums, that don't trouble me. The worst of going abroad is that you've always got to look at things of that sort. To have to do it at home would be beyond a joke.

It is so seldom in this world that things come just when they are wanted.

Laughing is not the first expression of joy. ... A person laughs in idleness, for fun, not for joy. Joy has nothing, nothing but the old way of tears.

Good works may only be beautiful sins, if they are not done in a true spirit.

All perfection is melancholy.

there are some people who never learn; indeed, few people learn by experience, so far as I have ever seen.

If travelling was free, you won't see me again

Our ancestors are totally essential to our every waking moment, although most of us don't even have the faintest idea about their lives, their trials, their hardships or challenges.

I do love animals so much, and have a great respect for them emotionally and intellectually, because they are so different from human beings.

Real woman should be capricious.

Be praised, my Lord, through those who forgive for love of you; through those who endure sickness and trial.

I don't believe in making war with food. Food is not the enemy. Said by Claire in The 5th Horseman

But it is a fact that within Jewry there exists a sect which engaged in these murders.

I feel like a mirror reflecting back everyones perception of me.

When an instrument admits two constructions, the one safe, the other dangerous, the one precise, the other indefinite, I prefer that which is safe and precise.

Energy is essential for development, and sustainable energy is essential for sustainable development.