The flatterer does not think highly enough of himself or of others.

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.

In my school, he thought, they learn bitterness and frustration and how to grow old.

Imagination grows by exercise and contrary to common belief is more powerful in the mature than in the young.

Everyday is the same day, except its reward and opportunities.

As a designer, you have to solve a lot of problems. Even though people are wearing clothes that are supposed to look beautiful, they'll have to do all kinds of things.

One mustn't let technique be the consciously important thing. It should be at the service of expressing the form.

Even though I grew up as a Sephardic Jew in Brooklyn where we ate Syrian food and went to temple, it was still America.

I could be with a woman in a bed, for weeks even, and it would seem to me like three seconds. Or 300 years.

Elitism is the slur directed at merit by mediocrity.

A good Muslim is not one who is strictest in his judgment, but who is most patient in listening.