There are no grotesques in nature; not anything framed to fill up empty cantons, and unnecessary spaces.

It is the common wonder of all men, how among so many million faces, there should be none alike.

Life itself is but the shadow of death, and souls departed but the shadows of the living.

Rough diamonds may sometimes be mistaken for worthless pebbles.

Light is the shadow of God.

What song the Syrens sang, or what name Achilles assumed when he hid himself among women, though puzzling questions, are not beyond all conjecture.

There are mystically in our faces certain characters which carry in them the motto of our souls, wherein he that cannot read may read our natures.

All the wonders you seek are within yourself.

There is musick, even in the beauty and the silent note which Cupid strikes, far sweeter than the sound of an instrument.

Think it more satisfactory to live richly than die rich.

We carry within us the wonders we seek without us.

I felt this awful obligation to be charming or at least have something to say, and the pressure of having to be charming (or merely verbal) incapacitates me.

Far away, our dreams have nothing to do with what we do. The wind carries the night, and passes on, aimless.

Yet sometimes the world judges females by a different standard and seeks to punish them unjustly.

I was told that there was nothing for me but to come here. But, as with life itself, it may not be our choice to come, but it is our choice to leave.

My music has always been strong in melodic content.

A fool is very dangerous when in power.

I've been playing sexually aware women most of my life. At this point I expected to be playing moms and wives. It's exciting to play a femme fatale.

Riches are able to solder up abundance of flaws.

Only those willing to do what the very few do will get the rewards that the very few get.

I know I had no hand in making this war, and I know I will make more sacrifices to-day than any of you to secure peace.