I am astonished at the pleasure one experiences in doing good; and I should be tempted to believe that what we call virtuous people have not so much merit as they lead us to suppose.

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.

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.

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.

God hides the fires of hell within paradise.

There's gonna be a lot of great songs, but there ain't going to be another 'Trap Queen.'

I dont drive around London much. Any journey around Islington involves hundreds of speed bumps that seem to tear the bottom of your car off.

A high degree of intellect tends to make a man unsocial.

We were just a little immature in the past. I think we actually wanted to create difficult situations for ourselves just to be able to use that emotion for stimulation.

Two points that are very important points to remember and ask: Is it real and does it work?

Do you know what it's like to like someone so much you can't stand it and know that they'll never feel the same way

It's always consoling to know that today's Christmas gifts are tomorrow's garage sales.

The crisis will reveal whether we have been practicing or not.

That which is not, shall never be; that which is, shall never cease to be. To the wise, these truths are self-evident.