The wise person often shuns society for fear of being bored.

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.

…marriage, they say, halves one's rights and doubles one's duties.

I killed the Google Alert I used to have on myself two years ago. I don’t need any more information about myself. I get more than enough of that just by being me.

One of the most obvious parts of my character is the smile, and if I wasn't comfortable in myself then I wouldn't be able to smile so much.

Inaction without more is not tantamount to choice.

Alas! how easily things go wrong!

​Life is a series of highs and lows. The trick is to tip the balance in your favor by following your heart and taking some risks.

It seems that the first victim of an Obama campaign is the truth. It seems that the first victim of an Obama campaign is the truth.

You look different. You look unsettling.’ ‘You look like you,’ he said. ‘You with the volume turned up.

... you want to be proud of how much you can get done with a small numbers of employees.

Peace should be our future.