There are no good or bad habits. All habits are, by definition, bad.

A belief which leaves no place for doubt is not a belief; it is a superstition.

To be ready to fail is to be prepared for success.

Pride in a man is confused with dignity; in a woman, with self-love.

Sensuality without love is a sin; love without sensuality is worse than a sin.

Effort and result are never simultaneous. In art, only the result counts.

Tradition simply means that we need to end what began well and continue what is worth continuing

It may be impossible to have a revolution without crimes but that does not make revolution a crime.

To light one candle to God and another to the Devil is the principle of wisdom.

The thirst for adventure is the vent which Destiny offers; a war, a crusade, a gold mine, a new country, speak to the imagination and offer.

Who learns most from a good book is the author.

Everyone makes me happy some people when they come into my life, others when they go.

Writers need faith, or else we can never trust the action of our words!

The only man I’ve ever been attracted to, and he comes with a bloody contract, a flogger, and a whole world of issues.

A banker is a man who lends you an umbrella when the weather is fair and takes it away from you when it rains.

We are all motivated by a keen desire for praise and the better a man is the more he is inspired by glory.

Silence is the garden of thought.

I do not want to be the leader. I refuse to be the leader. I want to live darkly.

With what dope I got I think it fills me in pretty well.

I don’t want your candor. I want your soul in a silver thimble.

I am so deaf I am debarred from hearing all the time articulation and have to depend on the judgment of others.