Every true passion thinks only of itself.

She had caprices of a marvellous unexpectedness, and how is any one to imitate a caprice?

Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it.

One can acquire everything in solitude except character.

Mathematics allows for no hypocrisy and no vagueness.

If you don't love me, it does not matter, anyway I can love for both of us.

Who knows whether it is not true that phosphorus and mind are not the same thing?

The shepherd always tries to persuade the sheep that their interests and his own are the same.

A very small degree of hope is sufficient to cause the birth of love.

A good book is an event in my life.

A novel is like a bow, and the violin that produces the sound is the reader's soul.

Is it as plainly in our living shown, By which way the wind hath blown?

He that dies pays all debts.

Happiness is only real when shared.

I don't want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments. That's no contribution to society. [Tennis] was purely selfish; that was for me.

People don't like the word 'feminism' - that's what needs to change, because we're not going to find another word.

One of the greatest opportunities to live our values-or betray them-lies in the food we put on our plates.

There is nothing more profoundly serious than real comedy, which is an affirmation of human communion, redemption and grace.

As a child I found railroad stations exciting, mysterious, and even beautiful, as indeed they often were.

For me, it's important to experience aesthetic shock, which sets in motion our imagination, our emotions, our feelings, and our thoughts. That's the purpose of a painting and of art in general.

Plough not the seas, sow not the sands,Leave off your idle pain;Seek other mistress for your minds,Love's service is in vain.