To know one's self is wisdom, but to know one's neighbor is genius.

Illusion is the dust the devil throws in the eyes of the foolish.

A beautiful woman delights the eye; a wise woman, the understanding; a pure one, the soul.

Experience is a good teacher, but she sends in terrific bills.

The very women who object to the morals of a notoriously beautiful actress, grow big with pride when an admirer suggests their marked resemblance to this stage beauty in physique.

Intuition is truly a feminine quality, but women should not mistake rash conclusions for this gift.

Man proposes, woman forecloses.

Pretty women and rich men are rarely wrong.

We women take love too seriously. Men wish to be loved with laughter, not with sighing. So laugh, sweetheart, laugh, or soon you may be weeping.

Between flattery and admiration there often flows a river of contempt.

The drama of life begins with a wail and ends with a sigh.

I named you once, I think, " he said, and then strode to his house and entered, bearing the bird still on his wrist.

In a materialistic society, there’s no such a thing as a ‘romantic’ broke man.

sometimes all we can crave is a heavenly place with no one around

No doubt.. Endings are hard, but then again.. nothing ever really ends, does it??

I am sick with caring.

Preservationists are the only people in the world who are invariably confirmed in their wisdom after the fact.

Gratitude helps us stop trying to control outcomes. It is the key that unlocks positive energy in our life. It is the alchemy that turns problems into blessings, and the unexpected into gifts.

First, recognize the mistake. The main thing is taking responsibility and being authentic.

The clouds, - the only birds that never sleep.

Melancholy betrays the world for the sake of knowledge. But in its tenacious self-absorption it embraces dead objects in its contemplation, in order to redeem them