I am convinced by a sad experience that it is natural to avoid those to whom we have been too much obliged, and that uncommon generosity causes neglect rather than gratitude.

The name of mistress instead of wife would be dearer and more honourable for me, only love given freely, rather than the constriction of the marriage tie, is of significance to an ideal relationship.

When my self is not with you, it is nowhere.

Riches and power are but gifts of blind fate, whereas goodness is the result of one's own merits.

We fluctuate long between love and hatred before we can arrive at tranquillity.

What cannot letters inspire? They have souls; they can speak; they have in them all that force which expresses the transports of the heart.

it is not the deed but the intention that makes the crime.

The heart overwhelmed by grief knows no rest.

Prosperity seldom chooses the side of the virtuous.

the higher the step of advancement, the heavier is the fall.

It is always some consolation in sorrow to feel that it is shared, and any burden laid on several is carried more lightly or removed.

I cannot believe in a God who wants to be praised all the time.

We need heroes who'll inspire us so that maybe next time we'll dig a little deeper and find our best self.

But life is not a fairy tale. It's brighter and darker, longer and briefer, duller and more magical. It's full of contradictions, but one thing it's not is neat.

All I can do will only ever be a faint image of what I see and my success will always be less than my failure or perhaps equal to the failure.

The name of the game is not market share, it's how fast we (Sony) can grow the industry.

When love and adventure are finished, it's nice to have getting and spending to fall back on.

Man often thinks of either his past or his future and in the mean time today passes like a fast train, disappearing forever on the horizon of life!

[Caine] "Interesting. Me, I've always wanted to know who my real parents were." [Sam] "Let me guess: you're secretly a wizard who was raised by muggles.

Digital television, satellite radio, videogames, iPods - so much media. Do books even matter anymore?

Every artist has to face his own demons and evolve his own method of working.