Fine dancing, I believe like virtue, must be its own reward. Those who are standing by are usually thinking of something very different.

There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.

My heart is, and always will be, yours.

It isn't what we say or think that defines us, but what we do.

There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.

The younger brother must help to pay for the pleasures of the elder.

Our scars make us know that our past was for real

None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.

What dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps one in a continual state of inelegance.

Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen that something is not a little disguised, or a little mistaken.

The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.

When reading dies, the imagination soon follows.

In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.

For the longest time I didn't realize I was creative - I just thought I was strange.

When he says he loves me, it only means he loves me at that particular instant. Like his promises, which he never keeps. Why does he torment me like this, when he could finish it off at once?

I couldn't really experience being an author when I was still working in publishing - I was trying to negotiate being both. Sometimes the knowledge doesn't translate between the two roles.

We all need to get out of our safety zones too. In addition to voting, we need to embarrass people who don't do the right thing. It's going to take citizen action.

Being successful entails being able to not only get along with people, but also to give something back

May I deem the wise man rich, and may I have such a portion of gold as none but a prudent man can either bear or employ.

Now love's the only thing that's free /We must take it where it's found /Pretty soon it may be costly

Screwing is more enjoyable than drilling bolt holes !.