Humanity is not perfect in any fashion; no more in the case of evil than in that of good. The criminal has his virtues, just as the honest man has his weaknesses.

Either you have a rival or you don't. If you have one, you must please in order to be preferred to him, and if you don't you must still please-in order to avoid having one.

Cast between the extremes of happiness and misfortune, uncertainty is a cruel torment.

I willingly allow that money does not guarantee happiness; but it must also be allowed that it makes happiness a great deal easier to achieve.

A man enjoys the happiness he feels, a woman the happiness she gives.

La vengeance est un plat qui se mange froid

Revenge is a dish that is best served cold.

All publicity is good publicity.

Marquise de Merteuil: I've distilled every thing to one single principle: win or die.

I assure you that the world is not so amusing as we imagined.

I see you are already as timid as a slave: you might as well be in love.

Works of art are of an infinite solitude, and no means of approach is so useless as criticism. Only love can touch and hold them and be fair to them.

When traveling with someone, take large does of patience and tolerance with your morning coffee.

It is very noble hypocrisy not to talk of one's self.

I'm trying to be present, not thinking and worrying about the past or the future. That's such a waste of time, you know?

I can't work out much about myself or what I see in the world around me unless I do it through writing.

The career isn't guaranteed for as long as you might want to play.

Dying is one of those things that can’t be fixed. Not by talking about it, not with all the brain surge in the world.

Surely life has taught you that a thing can be both beautiful and vile.

Few things in life are more embarrassing than the necessity of having to inform an old friend that you have just got engaged to his fiancee.