Outside of Paris, there is no hope for the cultured.

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.

Don't second guess yourself. You know the right answer and what's best for you. Life is so much easier once you realize this.

…she felt depressed beyond any thing she had ever known before.

The intellectual architecture means focusing on doing great work instead of focusing on agency politics.

Part of the problem is that he lacks confidence. He is nervous.

I think people in my district expect me to work with the president. It doesn't mean we have to agree all the time. I don't feel any extra pressure.

What can one possibly introduce into a mind that is already full, and full of itself?

Make your move BEFORE you are ready!

Life is short, break the rules.

The perverse presumption that places the burden of proof on the challenger of spending must be inverted, back to the rule that applies elsewhere in life: 'Prove to me why we should.

Kids can still call me Shaq, but adults should call me Dr. O'Neal.