Profane eloquence is transfered from the bar, where Le Maitre, Pucelle, and Fourcroy formerly practised it, and where it has become obsolete, to the Pulpit, where it is out of place.

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.

Our world is filled with people who have only a shallow knowledge of certain skills and have remained like that for so many years without self-improvement

Sometimes the purpose of the rose is simply to draw attention to the rose.

Writing's in the nouns.

The more you are positive and say, 'I want to have a good life, ' the more you build that reality for yourself by creating the life that you want.

History should be written as philosophy.

Nothing is miserable unless you think it so; and on the other hand, nothing brings happiness unless you are content with it.

I’m a huge fan of the program Democracy Now, which is hosted by Amy Goodman, and I subscribe to the podcast.

I don't think the Hollywood community is interested in what I can do. That's all right. I've never looked for a job in my life, and I'm not going to start now. I have plenty to keep me busy.

I don't know anything about the history of music.

Don't find love, let it find you. It's called falling in love because you don't force yourself to fall, you just do.