I have had friends who have acted kindly towards me, and it has been my good fortune to have it in my power to give them substantial proofs of my gratitude.

After all, a beautiful woman without a mind of her own leaves her lover with no resource after he had physically enjoyed her charms.

one who makes no mistakes makes nothing

Real love is the love that sometimes arises after sensual pleasure: if it does, it is immortal; the other kind inevitably goes stale, for it lies in mere fantasy.

Be the flame, not the moth.

The sweetest pleasures are those which are hardest to be won.

By recollecting the pleasures I have had formerly, I renew them, I enjoy them a second time, while I laugh at the remembrance of troubles now past, and which I no longer feel.

To Kiss : An attempt to absorb the essence of the other person.

Give me a man who is man enough to give himself just to the woman who is worth him. If that woman were me,I would love him alone and forever

Love is three quarters curiosity.

Nobody can deprive me of the fact that I had a good time.

This planet has — or rather had — a problem, which was this: most of the people living on it were unhappy for pretty much all of the time.

He licked at her lips."We are going to have some amazing children. The best this world has ever seen.

The thing was, if I had found a way to escape- even for just a little while- I knew the pain would be there waiting for me when I got back.

Sometimes we look so intently toward the pinnacle that we stumble over the steps leading to it. Development begins just where you are.

You need a certain amount of nerve to be a writer.

I never think about franchises, to be honest. I always just do the film.

From the dog's point of view, his master is an elongated and abnormally cunning dog.

Happy feelings will attract more happy circumstances.

Sir, it is wrong to stir up law-suits; but when once it is certain that a law-suit is to go on, there is nothing wrong in a lawyer's endeavouring that he shall have the benefit, rather than another.

It's fun to give pleasure to people.