Formerly when great fortunes were only made in war, war was a business; but now, when great fortunes are only made by business, business is war.

False friends are like our shadow, keeping close to us while we walk in the sunshine, but leaving us the instant we cross into the shade.

Doubt whom you will, but never yourself.

Our first and last love is self-love.

The scope of an intellect is not to be measured with a tape-string, or a character deciphered from the shape or length of a nose.

It is the passion that is in a kiss that gives to it its sweetness; it is the affection in a kiss that sanctifies it.

We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them.

The opinions of the misanthropical rest upon this very partial basis, that they adopt the bad faith of a few as evidence of the worthlessness of all.

The lively and mercurial are as open books, with the leaves turned down at the notable passages. Their souls sit at the windows of their eyes, seeing and to be seen.

Tears are nature's lotion for the eyes. The eyes see better for being washed by them.

The passions are like fire, useful in a thousand ways and dangerous only in one, through their excess.

You are amazing.

Even in the presence of others he was completely alone.

Impartial - unable to perceive any promise of personal advantage from espousing either side of a controversy.

Music is meant to be a beautiful thing.

Ratings don't last. Good journalism does.

But I also made it clear to him [Vladimir Putin] that it's important to think beyond the old days of when we had the concept that if we blew each other up, the world would be safe.

There's nothing wrong with a lisp.

That idea of URL was the basic clue to the universality of the Web. That was the only thing I insisted upon.

I realize that singing is saving my life, once I started again.

The managers at fault periodically report on the lesson they have learned from the latest disappointment. They then usually seek out future lessons.