The rich is the one that rules over those of little means, and the borrower is servant to the man doing the lending.

The first step in the acquisition of wisdom is silence, the second listening, the third memory, the fourth practice, the fifth teaching others.

Your own soul is nourished when you are kind; it is destroyed when you are cruel.

A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

Words kill, words give life; they're either poison or fruit--- YOU choose.

The human mind is an organ for the discovery of truths rather than of falsehoods.

The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.

Love is as strong as death; its jealousy as unyielding as the grave. It burns like a blazing fire; like a mighty flame. Many waters cannot quench love, rivers cannot wash it away

The lesser of two evils is still evil.

Most social acts have to be understood in their setting, and lose meaning if isolated.

most social acts have to be understood in their setting, and lose meaning if isolated. No error in thinking about social facts is more serious than the failure to see their place and function.

Love is the only rose whose thorn's prick is sweet.

Fear not for the future weep not for the past.

I do not think that life will change for the better without an assault on the Establishment, which goes on exploiting the wretched of the earth.

Their own kind of logic which cries for miracles and, on occasion.

In the '90s, people wore scrunchies, but it was very uncool in the punk scene.

You need a reason to be sad. You don't need a reason to be happy.

One is attracted to beauty. Beauty is the coordination of things, in such a way, that it is what attracts you. It's almost self-defining.

Sure, I watched a lot of Hollywood movies. Maybe I've seen more Hollywood movies than French movies

I still believe that love is the most powerful force in the world, even though I am yet to experience it fully.

Marry yourself first -- promise never to leave you!