It is a great misfortune not to possess sufficient wit to speak well, nor sufficient judgment to keep silent.

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.

She fixed a smile that she hoped looked authentic. Pretending to be content continued to be hard work.

Fear's useless. Either something bad happens or it doesn't: If it doesn't, you've wasted time being afraid, and if it does, you've wasted time that you could have spent sharpening your weapons.

I want Bolivians to support their president.

I really never felt any tremendous aggravation or separation.

An organization is not truly great, if it cannot be great without you.

It's really fun to create something that touches the world.

I count life just a stuff To try the soul's strength on.

A product for everyone rarely reaches much of anyone.

Humility, I have learned, must never be confused with meekness. Humility is being open to the ideas of others.

Profound and powerful forces are shaking and remaking our world. And the urgent question of our time is whether we can make change our friend and not our enemy.