In France that is the one rule, never make trouble.

I am sometimes bored by people, but never by life.

To fall in love you have to be in the state of mind for it to take, like a disease.

The great advantage of living in a large family is that early lesson of life's essential unfairness.

An aristocracy in a republic is like a chicken whose head has been cut off: it may run about in a lively way, but in fact it is dead.

Life itself, she thought, as she went upstairs to dress for dinner, was stranger than dreams and far, far more disordered.

A typical Irish dinner would be: cream flavored with lobster, cream with bits of veal in it, green peas and cream, cream cheese, cream flavored with strawberries.

If one can't be happy, one must be amused.

The English lord marries for love, and is rather inclined to love where money is; he rarely marries in order to improve his coat of arms.

Surely a King who loves pleasure is less dangerous than one who loves glory?

People in towns are always preoccupied. 'Have I missed the bus? Have I forgotten the potatoes? Can I get across the road?

I’d rather not know what lies ahead because I like the dark. I like thinking there is something good in the places I can’t see. And that’s not ignorance. That’s just hope.

Self-will in the man who does not reckon wisely is by itself the weakest of all things.

I don't have a Bluetooth thing on my ear. That bugs me.

A new word is like a fresh seed sown on the ground of the discussion.

You 'mustn't' nothing in your life. I don't 'must' nothing in the life, just die. It's important, yeah, but I have also a future in front of me.

Nature is not static, but causes its own, internally-generated changes - both in climate and in biological systems.

Our character is basically a composite of our habits.

It was a counter-attack and I had to take him down. I don't regret it and I would do it again if I had to.

The real test of a man is not when he plays the role that he wants for himself but when he plays the role destiny has for him.