Gossip, like ennui, is born of idleness.

Never tell a loved one of an infidelity: you would be badly rewarded for your troubles. Although one dislikes being deceived, one likes even less to be undeceived.

That which is striking and beautiful is not always good, but that which is good is always beautiful.

If a man needs a religion to conduct himself properly in this world, it is a sign that he has either a limited mind or a corrupt heart.

A woman should not take a lover without the consent of her heart, nor a husband without the consent of her reason.

Novelty is the storehouse of pleasure.

Glances are the first billets-doux of love.

The resistance of a woman is not always a proof of her virtue, but more frequently of her experience.

Love never dies of starvation, but often of indigestion.

Men lose more conquests by their own awkwardness than by any virtue in the woman.

It is not enough to be wise, one must be engaging.

O summer and soft wind. Relieves the heart and makes living cheaper.

Courage is like love it must have hope for nourishment.

I like the aesthetics of the Church.

Society, dead or alive, can have no charm without intimacy and no intimacy without an interest in trifles.

I hated the words. Each one was like a big live insect in my mouth.

Be the first to say, "Hello".

If I can go to the U.S. Army and fight the war at 18 why can't you play basketball for 48 minutes?

We're Tuesday people.

If you don't have a refinery operating, it's hard to use oil that's available.

Fix your eyes on perfection and you make almost everything speed towards it.