Faces are as legible as books, only with these circumstances to recommend them to our perusal, that they are read in much less time, and are much less likely to deceive us.

Neatness begets order; but from order to taste there is the same difference as from taste to genius, or from love to friendship.

You may depend upon it that he is a good man whose intimate friends are all good, and whose enemies are decidedly bad.

The craftiest trickery are too short and ragged a cloak to cover a bad heart.

What knowledge is there of which man is capable that is not founded on the exterior,--the relation that exists between visible and invisible, the perceptible and the imperceptible?

You can depend on no man, on no friend, but him who can depend on himself.

Trust him not with your secrets, who, when left alone in your room, turns over your papers.

Who makes quick use of the moment is a genius of prudence.

Him, who incessantly laughs in the street, you may commonly hear grumbling in his closet.

Be certain that he who has betrayed thee once will betray thee again.

Sensibility is the power of woman.

Her laughter was my favorite symphony.

No one grows old by living only by losing interest in living.

In the darkest night to be certain of the dawn...to go through Hell and to continue to trust in the goodness of God-this is the challenge and the way.

If you are smart, you never retire. You may retire from that job you have had for many years, but you will pick up another career for yourself of some type.

We like to see others, but don't like others to see through us.

I love foods that start in my cheeks and then vibrate up.

I extract what I consider the best material from different sources. But often the material I perform comes from a very strange location in history, which are minstrel shows.

But what's so great about being a perfectionist?... You do all this work, and then the stuff you've made just pisses you off.

Whoever sees no other aim in the game than that of giving checkmate to one's opponent will never become a good Chess player

Quantum mechanics is so counter-intuitive, physicists have never been able to come up with a comfortable picture of how it works.