To endeavor to forget anyone is a certain way of thinking of nothing else.

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.

God withholds blessing only in wisdom, never in spite or aloofness.

The wise know their days are numbered and act accordingly.

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This is what I would have done if I had to have a real job: I would have been a history teacher.

I've always wanted to be sure my parents approve of what I do.

And I think there is too much bloviating around from politicians.

Nothing can be more airy and beautiful than the transparent seed-globe-a fairy dome of splendid architecture.

The book [Saving Calvinism] itself is not recommending that we move the borders, so to speak. It is recommending that we look at what lies within the confessional bounds of Reformed thought.

Painting is something that takes place among the colors.

If you're not the best in the world at what you do, then you have to get better.