Nothing can be more wounding to a spirit not ungenerous, than a generous forgiveness.

Handsome husbands often make a wife's heart ache.

Sorrow makes an ugly face odious.

Spiritual pride is the most dangerous and the most arrogant of all sorts of pride.

'Passion' a word which involves so many feelings. I feel it when we touch; I feel it when we kiss; I feel it when I look at you. For you are my passion; my one true love.

That dangerous but too commonly received notion, that a reformed rake makes the best husband.

Where words are restrained, the eyes often talk a great deal.

To what a bad choice is many a worthy woman betrayed, by that false and inconsiderate notion, That a reformed rake makes the best husband!

Great allowances ought to be made for the petulance of persons labouring under ill-health.

Honeymoon lasts not nowadays above a fortnight.

Every one, more or less, loves Power, yet those who most wish for it are seldom the fittest to be trusted with it.

It is an unfortunate irony that music-making intended in part to attract new listeners is usually the least well rehearsed and motivated.

A car to pick me up every day, a chair with my name on it, everybody being very polite... what can you do except sit back and watch it all, try to take it all in?

I try to see the dark and light in everything. This is my way of comforting myself when I am dealing with those emotions.

Old Camels carry young Camels skins to the Market.

I think that crowdfunding has become such a powerful tool to tell stories that might not find financing otherwise - like a dark comedy about infidelity, for example!

If we perform as a unit and if every single player gives it his very best, everything can happen.

I have always been an active part of my community.

I believe Fernand Point is one of the last true gourmands of the 20th century. His ruminations are extraordinary and thought-provoking. He has been an inspiration for legions of chefs.

Error is far more common than fraud which probably comprises 1 percent or a tenth of a percent of the literature.

What begins in arrogance often ends in shame.