There are some men who turn a deaf ear to reason and good advice, and willfully go wrong for fear of being controlled.

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.

Cuba will be free. I already am.

He that dies pays all debts.

Passion is energy. Feel the power that comes from focusing on what excites you.

In the past, I had workaholic issues.

I love the mixture that's in me. It makes me me. And that's why it's such a shame that people waste energy in denying who they are.

I am a Conservative to preserve all that is good in our constitution, a Radical to remove all that is bad.

Working ten times as hard will make you twice as good.

Your great glory is not to be inferior to what you have been given by nature, and the greatest glory of a woman is to be least talked about by men, whether theyare praising or criticizing you.

In a dark time, the eye begins to see / I meet my shadow in the deepening shade...Dark, dark my light, and darker my desire.