It warms the blood, adds luster to the eyes, and wine and love have ever been allies.

My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope.

A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace.

Quarrels are the dowry which married folk bring one another.

Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.

Make the workmanship surpass the materials.

Love is no assignment for cowards.

Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all.

The man who has experienced shipwreck shudders even at a calm sea.

Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.

If you want to be loved, be lovable.

Sometimes I can't figure designers out. It's as if they flunked human anatomy.

We cannot be more sensitive to pleasure without being more sensitive to pain.

We live at a moment when our relationships to each other, and to all other beings with whom we share this planet, are up for grabs.

Above all else she mustn't think that using her body will help her attain her goal. Men use women who play seductively, and then they look down on them.

If the work jells a little bit in terms of being placed in the oeuvre, I don't care - as long as it works.

Novels, except as aids to masturbation, play no part in contemporary life.

Any work that is not rooted in myth and poetry or that does not partake of the depth and essence of the universe is merely a ghost.

Why are you still here?" she asked. "Shouldn't you be in a cave somewhere inspiring people?

I have the most perfect belly button. When I stick my fingers in it, I feel a nerve in the center of my body shoot up my spine.

Even a fool can deceive a man - if he be a bigger fool than himself.