Of all virtues, magnanimity is the rarest. There are a hundred persons of merit for one who willingly acknowledges it in another.

The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves.

A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles.

Grace has been defined as the outward expression of the inward harmony of the soul.

Do not keep on with a mockery of friendship after the substance is gone - but part, while you can part friends. Bury the carcass of friendship: it is not worth embalming.

There is no prejudice so strong as that which arises from a fancied exemption from all prejudice.

Those who are at war with others are not at peace with themselves.

The more we do, the more we can do; the more busy we are, the more leisure we have.

Fashion is gentility running away from vulgarity and afraid of being overtaken

I'm not smart, but I like to observe. Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton was the one who asked why.

We are very much what others think of us. The reception our observations meet with gives us courage to proceed, or damps our efforts.

Our lives speak loudly to those around us, especially the children in our home.

After my death, I want to be remembered as Africa's greatest industrialist.

You can't realise love or yourself until you are still enough to drop down through the restlessness and frustrations into that deeper level of your being

I like to look nice, but I'm not marketing being beautiful.

A couturier must be an architect for design, a sculptor for shape, a painter for color, a musician for harmony, and a philosopher for temperance.

I understand that the rule of fashion is to change, even as a successful designer - you do not want to be stuck in the same rut.

I come from a family of screamers. If they are trying to express any emotion or idea beyond pass the salt, it comes in shrieks.

My name is Marc, my emotional life is sensitive and my purse is empty, but they say I have talent.

Our soulmate is the one who makes life come to life.

...of all the kinds of decay in this world, decadent purity is the most malignant.