We rarely repent of speaking little, but often of speaking too much.

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.

Within our emotions lie answers, truths and instructions.

Is romantic yearning an appetite for [H]eaven, or is it the ultimate refinement of covetousness?

Love has only feelings, don't seek meanings.

She sat in the sunshine watching the life on the street and guarding within herself, her own mystery of life.

Science can lift people out of poverty and cure disease. That, in turn, will reduce civil unrest.

I'm the same person. I don't put on a face. I'm the same guy every time you see me.

A thousand plastic flowers don't make a desert bloom. A thousand empty faces don't fill an empty room".

Good news comes in large packages

There is such a thing as fanaticism, it is always wrong, and if you disagree, you're wrong too.

[Kindness] is a most edifying form of instant gratification.