Make me chaste and To what excesses will men not go for the sake of a religion in which they believe so little and which they practice so imperfectly!

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.

Is it really a Lie if someone is unwilling to see the Truth?

It is rather exciting to write by moonlight.

In the lead up to the Iraq war and its later conduct, I saw at a minimum, true dereliction, negligence and irresponsibility, at worse, lying, incompetence and corruption.

There are no habits of man more alien to the doctrine of the Communist than those of the collector

Jesus was either a Liar, a Lunatic, or Lord

Everything you do to other people affects them, and how you treat people affects them.

No one can insult you without your permission.

I'm always interested in debunking myths if they are untrue. But it's also important to identify myths and how they function, what value they may have.

Where shall the word be found, where will the word / Resound? Not here, there is not enough silence.

So much of adolescence is an ill-defined dying, An intolerable waiting, A longing for another place and time, Another condition.