Falsehood is the jockey of misfortune.

Only the mediocre are always at their best.

Sadness flies on the wings of the morning, and out of the heart of darkness comes the light.

When you see a woman who can go nowhere without a staff of admirers, it is not so much because they think she is beautiful, it is because she has told them they are handsome.

Little by little, the pimps have taken over the world. They don't do anything, they don't make anything - they just stand there and take their cut.

I'm not afraid of death. It's the stake one puts up in order to play the game of life.

There is no better way of exercising the imagination than the study of law. No poet ever interpreted nature as freely as a lawyer interprets the truth.

The flower is the poetry of reproduction. It is an example of the eternal seductiveness of life.

One of the privileges of the great is to witness catastrophes from a terrace.

To seek out in a world full of joy the one thing that is certain to give you pain, and hug it to your bosom with all your strength; that's the greatest human happiness.

A man's name, title, and rank are artificial and impermanent; they do nothing to reveal what he really is, even to himself.

Such an impolite person. He is honest with everyone.

Big oaks grow from small acorns, and activity is a precursor to accomplishment. You don't think yourself into success.

Finally, I asked how you got a boy to like you back. She said, 'Just be yourself, ' as though I had any idea who that might be.

In action be primitive in foresight a strategist.

My definition of palatable might be slightly different from yours.

I have no ambition to surprise my reader. Castles with unknown passages are not compatible with my homely muse.

Don´t hesitate or allow yourself to make excuses. Just get out and do it. Just get out and do it. You will be very, very glad that you did.

Pick a dysfunction and it's a family problem.

The misfortune to be born when I was, where I was. That was a piece of bad luck.

Sometimes I wish I weren't famous.