To bewail the loss of a person we love is a happiness compared with the necessity of living with one we hate.

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.

One never knows when one is going to get ambushed into learning something.

Do not look back on happiness or dream of it in the future. You are only sure of today do not let yourself be cheated out of it.

Love is hurt with jar and fret; Love is made a vague regret.

My father would always say "learn everything you can and whenever you can, because you never know when it'll come in handy."

I believe much trouble would be saved if we opened our hearts more.

I feel like my figure is a challenge because I'm quite flat chested but I've got a booty so I've got to look for the right things.

The longer I live, the more I realize that I am never wrong about anything, and that all the pains I have so humbly taken to verify my notions have only wasted my time!

You never fully get over [losing a presidential campaign]. But I've had a good life. I've enjoyed myself 90 percent of the time.

The price works so well, so efficiently, that we are not aware of it most of the time.

No man is so great as mankind.