I would much rather have been merry than wise.

There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.

My heart is, and always will be, yours.

It isn't what we say or think that defines us, but what we do.

There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.

The younger brother must help to pay for the pleasures of the elder.

Our scars make us know that our past was for real

None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.

What dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps one in a continual state of inelegance.

Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen that something is not a little disguised, or a little mistaken.

The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.

The capacity of passion is both cruel and divine

False love, desire, and beauty frail, adieu! Dead is the root whence all these fancies grew.

It isn't enough just to scream at the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations. We need our political system to start reflect this anger back into, 'How do we fix it? How do we get the economy going again?'

I'm always prepared for the worst.

Sallust is indisputably one of the best historians among the Romans, both for the purity of his language and the elegance of his style.

Some have supposed that the mosquito is of a devout turn, and never will partake of a meal without first saying grace. The devotions of some men are but a preface to blood-sucking.

Women are more balanced than men. Where the most brilliant minds have so far have mostly belonged to men, no women has ever been as stupid as a man can be.

Not every heiress is famous. Or fun. There are a lot of boring heiresses out there.

You know the difference between a tornado and divorce in the south? Nothing! Someone is losing a trailer.

Like this cake. It’s really very good. (Arik) As the girth to my hips will attest. (Geary)