How sweet, how passing sweet, is solitude!

The sweetest of all sounds is that of the voice of the woman we love.

No road is to long for him who advances slowly and does not hurry and no attainment is beyond his reach who equips himself with patience to achieve it

Generosity lies less in giving much than in giving at the right moment.

The spendthrift robs his heirs the miser robs himself.

A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself.

Courtly manners are contagious; they are caught at Versailles.

We are more sociable, and get on better with people by the heart than the intellect.

A prince wants only the pleasure of private life to complete his happiness.

There is as much trickery required to grow rich by a stupid book as there is folly in buying it.

Out of difficulties grow miracles.

Parents’ transmit their attitude towards education to children via soundless, aphonic messages.

Except you cannot outrun insanity, anymore than you can outrun your own shadow.

If you're going to put yourself above everybody else, you might end up alone.

Bizarre as was the name she bore, Kim Ravenal always said she was thankful it had been no worse.

I'm scared that if I collaborated on something with somebody, I would be in some way losing my own contact with what I was going and tempting fate.

Don’t,” Michael said. It was soft, and it was a warning, through and through. “You try to hurt her again and I’ll pull your arm off.

The last thing we wanted was a copycat. When we saw [Richie Faulkner] play, we thought, "We don't have to tell this guy anything. He's got it."

The thoughts you think today determine the results you'll see tomorrow.

Being like everybody is the same as being nobody.

Nothing is more conservative than conservation