If God had to give a woman wrinkles, He might at least have put them on the soles of her feet.

Never tell a loved one of an infidelity: you would be badly rewarded for your troubles. Although one dislikes being deceived, one likes even less to be undeceived.

That which is striking and beautiful is not always good, but that which is good is always beautiful.

If a man needs a religion to conduct himself properly in this world, it is a sign that he has either a limited mind or a corrupt heart.

A woman should not take a lover without the consent of her heart, nor a husband without the consent of her reason.

Novelty is the storehouse of pleasure.

Glances are the first billets-doux of love.

The resistance of a woman is not always a proof of her virtue, but more frequently of her experience.

Love never dies of starvation, but often of indigestion.

Men lose more conquests by their own awkwardness than by any virtue in the woman.

It is not enough to be wise, one must be engaging.

To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you.

There shall never be another season of silence until women have the same rights men have on this green earth.

Be sure of this, O young ambition, all mortal greatness is but disease.

My dream is to save them from nature.

Why does anyone do the things they do?

Philosophers are very severe towards other philosophers because they expect too much.

I never quite understand why we watch the news. There doesn't really seem much point watching somebody tell you what the news is when you could quite easily listen to it on the radio...

Also, I designed a pretty fascinating bracelet, where you put a rubber band around your favorite book of poems for a year, and then you take it off and wear it.

Each time you write something, part of you grows. You're training your artistic muscles to find your voice.

Everyone comes back. It makes no difference how far we wander, we always have our country, our land, in our souls and our minds.