The first day one is a guest, the second a burden, and the third a pest.

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.

Now we realize that time is our most valuable resource, and every minute we spend in one of these meetings just sitting there is time wasted.

Don't kill the goose that lays the golden egg.

I consider myself a student, both in my work and my life, and I'm constantly learning and I'm constantly grateful for that.

Even the most mundane objects are things of wonder, if we stop to look at them, and the fact that we are alive is the biggest wonder of all.

The Bible says that love is a responsibility. We are commanded to love. God doesn't ask us if we feel like it, He tells us in His Word that it is our responsibility to love.

Then wear the gold hat, if that will move her; If you can bounce high, bounce for her too, Till she cry "Lover, gold-hatted, high-bouncing lover, I must have you!

Madam, I have come from a country where people are hanged if they talk.

To speak the truth is easy and pleasant.

The thing that defines a species is that all members have the same addressing system for their DNA.

No nation is drunken where wine is cheap.