If you wish to be held in esteem, you must ssociate only with those who estimable.

The sweetest of all sounds is that of the voice of the woman we love.

No road is to long for him who advances slowly and does not hurry and no attainment is beyond his reach who equips himself with patience to achieve it

Generosity lies less in giving much than in giving at the right moment.

The spendthrift robs his heirs the miser robs himself.

A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself.

Courtly manners are contagious; they are caught at Versailles.

We are more sociable, and get on better with people by the heart than the intellect.

A prince wants only the pleasure of private life to complete his happiness.

There is as much trickery required to grow rich by a stupid book as there is folly in buying it.

Out of difficulties grow miracles.

In nepotism, when a doctor is appointed to do the job of an engineer, and an engineer is appointed to do the job of a lawyer, you know there’s bound to be failure in the system

Sadness does not last forever when we walk in the direction of that which we always desired.

Remember this, had any other condition been better for you than the one in which you are, divine love would have put you there.

I am a passionate traveler, and from the time I was a child, travel formed me as much as my formal education.

Just girt me for the onset with Eternity, When breath blew back, And on the other side I heard recede the disappointed tide!

The Monmouth Coffee Shop is the best place in London

Confidentially, the type of male I find most enjoyable for a friend is one who has enough fire and assurance to speak up for his convictions.

To get all that life wants for you, apply what I call the Boomerang Effect: Give out what you most want to see come back.

A veil of insanity everywhere: Oh why I was born in this age? It is a terrible age.

Element of surprise is really fun for me in comedy. I have to be surprised, and everything's been done.