It is that deep spiritual affection that is as pure as it is perfect. It is beautiful, it is fine, it is the noblest form of affection. There is nothing unnatural about it.

The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one.

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.

Always forgive your enemies nothing annoys them so much.

It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.

Everyone may not be good, but there's always something good in everyone. Never judge anyone shortly because every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

Be yourself; everyone else is taken.

Women are made to be loved, not understood.

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.

I sometimes wish I could spontaneously combust. Burn until nothing but ash is left, to be washed away by the wind and the rain.

There is little for the great part of the history of the world except the bitter tears of pity and the hot tears of wrath.

It is curious to what a degree one may become attached to a fine tree, especially when it is placed where trees are rare.

Then there are three or four countries that have said they won't do anything. I believe Libya, Cuba and Germany are ones that have indicated they won't help in any respect.

Luxury lives in the finer details. It's a cloth napkin at a dinner table. It's a mint on your pillow before bed.

First person narrative is a very effective tool but you have to know as a writer how to make it work.

Heaven be thanked, we live in such an age, When no man dies for love, but on the stage.

All the scholastic scaffolding falls, as a ruined edifice, before a single word: faith.

Countries and world leaders have changed their perspective towards India. This is the biggest benefit.

I figured that if anyone could be wildly popular in one town, then that could be replicated everywhere, all you have to do is get the word out.