He is one of those wise philanthropists who, in a time of famine, would vote for nothing but a supply of toothpicks.

The only athletic sport I ever mastered was backgammon.

Earth is here so kind, that just tickle her with a hoe and she laughs with a harvest.

After all there is something about a wedding-gown prettier than in any other gown in the world.

A man never so beautifully shows his own strength as when he respects a woman's softness.

A coquette is like a recruiting sergeant, always on the lookout for fresh victims.

Quality, not quantity, is my measure.

Marriage is like wine. It is not be properly judged until the second glass.

A man is in no danger so long as he talks his love; but to write it is to impale himself on his own pothooks.

Grumblers deserve to be operated upon surgically; their trouble is usually chronic.

He was so benevolent, so merciful a man that, in his mistaken passion, he would have held an umbrella over a duck in a shower of rain.

The surplus of the heart overflows from a smile. (Le surplus du coeur - Déborde d'un sourire)

The only reason you should be in college is to destroy it.

We have been given the privilege and responsibility of living on Earth to see it isn't ruined.

If a young writer can refrain from writing, he shouldn’t hesitate to do so.

Should not the role of design be to reconnect human beings with their space on their land?

Business is full of complexities. That's what makes it so interesting. Anyone who thinks it's boring hasn't given it much thought.

Lovers have a way of using this word "nothing" which implies exactly the opposite.

Marketing used to be what you say Now, marketing is what you do. What you make. How you act. The choices you make when you are sure no one is looking.

I'd always wanted to do a film than TV show because film is always where my heart has been. I like diving into the character for a few months, and then leaving it behind. I love the idea of that.

Frequent the company of your betters.