I do not sleep to let others sleep in the shade of my waking.

Friendship is the medicine for all misfortune; but ingratitude dries up the fountain of all goodness.

Reason must be the universal rule and guide; all things must be done according to reason without allowing oneself to be swayed by emotion.

Had Luther and Calvin been confined before they had begun to dogmatize, the states would have been spared many troubles.

First, all means to conciliate; failing that, all means to crush.

A single word has sometimes lost or won an empire.

If God forbade drinking, would He have made wine so good?

Nothing so upholds the laws as the punishment of persons whose rank is as great as their crime.

Give me six lines written by the most honorable person alive, and I shall find enough in them to condemn them to the gallows.

Deception is the knowledge of kings.

Never write a letter and never destroy one.

... and yet, to say the truth, reason and love keep little company together now-a-days...

Curves are the essence of my work because they are the essence of Brazil, pure and simple.

I still love the whole history of jazz. The old things sound better than ever.

Pray tell us, what's your favorite number?

I talk to grown-ups who are out to have a good time and they want to be spoken to in a different way. I don't want to be pandered to, so I try not to pander.

Volume in your hair is sexy, and it doesn't necessarily have to be that Brigitte Bardot kind of volume - it's just that nice texture up top that gives it some life and body to it.

Spin is overrated. It is strategy, not spin, that wins elections.

Those who have the most cunning affect all their lives to condemn cunning; that they may make use of it on some great occasion, and to some great end.

I will do everything I can to bring the number one to Ferrari. The whole team and all the fans deserve it.

I am deeply impressed with the designer of the universe; I am confident I couldnt have done anywhere near such a good job.