Of all the noises known to man, opera is the most expensive.

It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do.

The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.

Love is a great master. It teaches us to be what we never were.

I assure you, an educated fool is more foolish than an uneducated one.

I want people to be sincere; a man of honor shouldn't speak a single word that doesn't come straight from his heart.

People spend most of their lives worrying about things that never happen.

I hate all men, the ones because they are mean and vicious, and the others for being complaisant with the vicious ones.

Great is the fortune of he who possesses a good bottle, a good book, and a good friend.

Folk whose own behavior is most ridiculous are always to the fore in slandering others.

A husband is a plaster that cures all the ills of girlhood.

Alison’s gaze gentled. “Tell me, Samantha, have you ever been to Scotland?

When the British left, India was a multireligious, multiregional, multiethnic country, exploited, backward, and poor from colonialism.

I think poverty is not the worst thing in the world, blindness is, because blind people cannot see your beauty.

Poetry is the only hopeEven if you do not believe it, you have to do it.

None are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them; such persons covet secrets as a spendthrift covets money, for the purpose of circulation.

What I've learned is there's a scientifically proven phenomenon that's attached to gratitude, and that if you consciously take note of what is good in your life, quantifiable benefits happen.

I don't like shopping, and I like my clothes to be comfortable.

I'm the type to tell stories while letting myself go.

If you only ever heard Lady Gaga, she's the most boring singer in the world.

If all else fails, you could wait for the first corner and tie his dreadlocks to the goalpost.