Shall I tell you what makes love so dangerous? 'Tis the too high idea we are apt to form of it.

Never tell a loved one of an infidelity: you would be badly rewarded for your troubles. Although one dislikes being deceived, one likes even less to be undeceived.

That which is striking and beautiful is not always good, but that which is good is always beautiful.

If a man needs a religion to conduct himself properly in this world, it is a sign that he has either a limited mind or a corrupt heart.

A woman should not take a lover without the consent of her heart, nor a husband without the consent of her reason.

Novelty is the storehouse of pleasure.

Glances are the first billets-doux of love.

The resistance of a woman is not always a proof of her virtue, but more frequently of her experience.

Love never dies of starvation, but often of indigestion.

Men lose more conquests by their own awkwardness than by any virtue in the woman.

It is not enough to be wise, one must be engaging.

The distance a goldfish swims is not controlled by the bowl.

When you hold onto a script that doesn't serve you, you leave no space to write a new one that does.

But I've strayed so far from normal now, I'll never find my way back. And the truth is, I no longer want to.

I'd like to be more of a bad influence than a role model. I'm getting lots of boys to wear eye-liner again which is good.

Work is not a curse; it is the prerogative of intelligence, the only means to manhood, and the measure of civilization.

It's not a problem. In four or five days I will be beautiful once again.

What if we could stop being different colors, different backgrounds, and just be in love?

A good indication that it's not is if you're only staying with What's His Name because you're scared.

There is nothing outside of the text. [Fr., Il n'y a pas de hors-texte.]

No political dreamer was ever wild enough to think of breaking down the lines which separate the States and compounding the American people into one common mass.