Surely something resides in this heart that is not perishable - and life is more than a dream.

I do not wish women to have power over men; but over themselves.

Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful.

Taught from infancy that beauty is woman's sceptre, the mind shapes itself to the body, and roaming round its gilt cage, only seeks to adorn its prison.

Accursed creator! Why did you form a monster so hideous that even you turned from me in disgust?

The beginning is always today.

No man chooses evil because it's evil. He only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks.

Women do not want power over men, they want power over themselves.

Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose - a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.

If I cannot inspire love, I will cause fear!

You are my creator, but I am your master; Obey!

Make life easier by living in the present and believing in the future.

It is singularity which often makes the worst part of our suffering, as it always does of our conduct.

I have this idyllic love life, but my mind just won't accept that. I would like to bring a new guy home every night. I try to make humor out of that situation.

I was always very strong in math, physics and calculus.

If you try to have a fashion show with Bach fugues and John Coltrane, it doesn't really work.

People seldom notice old clothes if you wear a big smile.

It is impossible for ideas to compete in the marketplace if no forum for their presentation is provided or available.

When women are secret they are secret indeed; and more often then not they only begin to be secret with the advent of a second lover.

Don't just grab at the first thing that comes along. Know when to refuse something that won't get you anywhere

A golden mind stoops not to shows of dross.