To be vain of one's rank or place is to show that one is below it.

Esteem has more engaging charms than friendship, or even love. It captivates hearts better, and never makes ings.

Misers are very kind people: they amass wealth for those who wish their death.

I believe, indeed, that it is more laudable to suffer great misfortunes than to do great things.

Can princes born in palaces be sensible of the misery of those who dwell in cottages?

To believe with certainty, we must begin with doubting.

We are usually mistaken in esteeming men too much; rarely in esteeming them too little.

Gaiety is the soul's health; sadness is its poison.

How many persons fancy they have experience simply because they have grown old!

Genius speaks only to genius.

Conscience warns us as a friend before it punishes us as a judge.

Love isn't really all that terrifying once you let go of your doubts.

I will be able to look back on my teen years as spent on a television set just having the biggest bunch of fun.

The longing for destiny is nowhere stronger than in our romantic life.

Whether we will philosophize or we won't philosophize, we must philosophize.

Most of the music I've listened to or grew up listening to - a lot of it at least - is instrumental stuff.

England will still be England, an everlasting animal, stretching into the future and the past and like all living things having the power to change out of all recognition and yet remain the same.

Good befalls us while we sleep, sometimes.

I support any means to make real connections so long as that it does lead really quickly to real connections. It's the long-term online friendships and relationships that start to get a little hairy.

I think the internet and the web is just like a big consciousness of the planet, a big brain of the planet.

Many men start being friendly with women because they are trying to seduce them. I'm not trying to seduce them. I just like hanging out with them.