He was terrified by the sublime horror of it, for intensity of feeling, carried to this degree, is sublime. ("A Woman's Vengeance")

For in Paris, whenever God puts a pretty woman there (the streets), the Devil, in reply, immediately puts a fool to keep her.

Yet, whether to the glory or to the shame of human nature, in what we call pleasure (with an excess of scorn, perhaps) there are abysses as deep as those of love.

They had...finished their lives before their death – which is not always the end of life and often comes long before the end.

Beauty is single. Only ugliness is multiple, and even then its multiplicity is soon exhausted.

Men are all the same. Novelty amongst themselves displeases and upsets them – but if the novelty is wearing a skirt, they go crazy f

I would rather listen to someone who tried and failed than someone who dreamed but never tried.

Love is the best wisdom.Kindness is the best philosophy.

It’s a lot harder to get someone out of your life than it is to let them in, so take your time!

After a breath and before another, there's plenty of time to rest.

I always see people tweeting about these crazy amazing things their boyfriend or girlfriend did for them. You shouldn't have to constantly be trying to prove your love when you're in a relationship.

The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.

All the truth in the world adds up to one big lie.

Why is Wi-Fi free at cheap hotels, but $14 a night at expensive ones?

In chess, as a purely intellectual game, where randomness is excluded, - for someone to play against himself is absurd ... It is as paradoxical, as attempting to jump over his own shadow.

And now, my friends, a dragon's toast! Here's to life's little blessings: war, plagues, and all forms of evil. Their presence keeps us alert--- and their absence keeps us grateful.