Life is a tragedy for those who feel and a comedy for those who think.

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.

Submission is a tyrannical discipline.

A dream is not what you see when you sleep. It is what keeps you from falling asleep.

Vice is nice, but a little virtue won't hurt you.

As a sunbeam perishes when cut off from the sun, so man apart from God would pass back into the void of nothingness from which he first leaped at the creative call.

Perfection belongs to the Gods; the most we can hope for is excellence.

Ladies' hearts are like china on a mantelpiece. There are so many of them, and it is so easy to break them without noticing.

When the necessary eleven days were added, George Washington’s birthday, which fell on February 11, 1731, Old Style, became February 22, 1732, New Style.

Your Cans must always be bigger than your can NOTS!

To the Bible men will return; and why? Because they cannot do without it.

If I'm going to be out there, I want to be in the top 10 and really have a chance of winning a Grand Slam.