I don't like museums; there's nothing to buy.

Be wicked, be brave, be drunk, be reckless, be dissolute, be despotic, be a suffragette, be anything you like, but for pity's sake be it to the top of your bent.

The same word passed through three minds, simultaneously, philosophical, fatalistic, the eternal refuge of the Italian: Pazienza.

You are my lover and I am your mistress and kingdoms and empires and governments have tottered and succumbed before now to that mighty combination.

Do you think that love has to be requited to be genuine? On the contrary, it thrives on indifference.

The same word passed through three minds, simultaneously, philosophical, fatalistic, the eternal refuge of the Italian: Pazienza....

Resurrect the dreams that you allowed to be killed by those who never dare to dream

Whether we like it or not, we all come from someplace. And at some point in our lives, we have to make peace with that place.

The strength of a civilization is not measured by its ability to fight wars, but rather by its ability to prevent them.

Nobody needs to worry whether or not I've been tested.

I came to the conclusion that I am free to choose my own suffering. But I am not free to consent to someone else's suffering.

The President so far has struck me as a man who is trying hard to keep his balance. He certainly has been very receptive to all my efforts in these directions.

Spoilt is a euphemism for loved.

I can only say I wish I had slept with everyone I am accused of.

He has every attribute of a dog except loyalty.

I think love is serious. It's like an invention: sometimes it lies deep down inside you, great and quiet--and at other times it racks you and keeps you from sleeping.