What would be the description of happines? Nothing, except what prepares and then what destroys it, can be told.

He who wants a rose must respect her thorn.

The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity.

One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.

Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.

I wished for nothing beyond her smile, and to walk with her thus, hand in hand, along a sun warmed, flower bordered path.

Know that joy is rarer, more difficult, and more beautiful than sadness. Once you make this all-important discovery, you must embrace joy as a moral obligation.

Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason.

Fear of ridicule begets the worst cowardice.

To read a writer is for me not merely to get an idea of what he says, but to go off with him and travel in his company.

I do not love men: I love what devours them.

Life is your biggest Treasure. Enjoy it. If you forget to, it will soon be gone, never to return.

Restoration comes from the Redeemer.

The Devil's success is contingent upon people's ignorance.

There is no necessary connection between the desire to lead and the ability to lead, and even less the ability to lead somewhere that will be to the advantage of the led.

I hate being on my best behavior. It brings out the absolute worst in me.

Bragging about what a good deal you got is one of the many great art forms that my people, the Jews, have introduced to American culture.

To Foreswear vengeance is to chain oneself to forgiveness, to flounder in pardon, to be tainted by the hatred smothered within.

Most things in life are better when you just cut to the chase.

And just because God attains and wins and finds this uniqueness all our lives win in our union with him the individuality which is essential to their true meaning.

I can't even think of the words of what I'm feeling. This man [Prince] was my everything, we had a family. I am beyond deeply saddened and devastated.