Love without desire is a delusion: it does not exist in nature.

Never tell a loved one of an infidelity: you would be badly rewarded for your troubles. Although one dislikes being deceived, one likes even less to be undeceived.

That which is striking and beautiful is not always good, but that which is good is always beautiful.

If a man needs a religion to conduct himself properly in this world, it is a sign that he has either a limited mind or a corrupt heart.

A woman should not take a lover without the consent of her heart, nor a husband without the consent of her reason.

Novelty is the storehouse of pleasure.

Glances are the first billets-doux of love.

The resistance of a woman is not always a proof of her virtue, but more frequently of her experience.

Love never dies of starvation, but often of indigestion.

Men lose more conquests by their own awkwardness than by any virtue in the woman.

It is not enough to be wise, one must be engaging.

Science is the process of obscuring the marvelous with explanations.

We're not friends, Mark, " I reply sadly. "We're strangers with memories.

Remember your magic.

Praise your children openly, reprove them secretly.

Self-respect is the root of discipline: the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.

I don't like a lot of the stuff that goes on in the art world, but it's hard to be old and like what goes on around you.

All women love Colin Firth: Mr. Darcy, Mark Darcy, George VI—at this point he could play the Craigslist Killer and people would be like, 'Oh my God, the Craigslist Killer has the most boyish smile!

I lift heavy weights and sprint, but I am so bad at it that I develop severe injuries.

When all lies, deceit, pretense is stripped away, what remains? The truth of a painting, or a book or a man.