We should lay in a store of food, but never of pleasures; these should be gathered day by day.

Never tell a loved one of an infidelity: you would be badly rewarded for your troubles. Although one dislikes being deceived, one likes even less to be undeceived.

That which is striking and beautiful is not always good, but that which is good is always beautiful.

If a man needs a religion to conduct himself properly in this world, it is a sign that he has either a limited mind or a corrupt heart.

A woman should not take a lover without the consent of her heart, nor a husband without the consent of her reason.

Novelty is the storehouse of pleasure.

Glances are the first billets-doux of love.

The resistance of a woman is not always a proof of her virtue, but more frequently of her experience.

Love never dies of starvation, but often of indigestion.

Men lose more conquests by their own awkwardness than by any virtue in the woman.

It is not enough to be wise, one must be engaging.

The rain is falling ever harder and all I can hear is the sound of the water. I'm drenched but I can't move.

I don’t care about his quest for redemption. I don’t want him anywhere near Quinn, ” Alaric snarled. “I will leave for St. Louis as soon as we adjourn this meeting.”

By giving the leadership to the private sector in a capitalistic society, we're going to measure the value of art by how many products we can sell.

Push-ups are seriously the best way to tone your arms - and they tone your abs at the same time! I like to do them when I'm home watching TV or listening to music.

The one quality that can be developed by studious reflection and practice is the leadership of men.

... home isn't always the place where you were born and bred. Home is the place where your everyday clothes are, and where somebody or something needs you.

I'm not as bearish as many others about China. Why? Because China must grow. So I am far more optimistic about China.

A lot of people are writing poems and don't realize it. They have this limited idea of how the poem should sound or what subjects it should address.

Economists want their discipline to be a science, and they have nailed down a few precepts, but many of their debates are still clouded by ideology.