When a man gets it into his head to do something, and when he exclusively occupies himself in that design, he must succeed, whatever the difficulties. That man will become Grand Vizier or Pope.

After all, a beautiful woman without a mind of her own leaves her lover with no resource after he had physically enjoyed her charms.

one who makes no mistakes makes nothing

Real love is the love that sometimes arises after sensual pleasure: if it does, it is immortal; the other kind inevitably goes stale, for it lies in mere fantasy.

Be the flame, not the moth.

The sweetest pleasures are those which are hardest to be won.

By recollecting the pleasures I have had formerly, I renew them, I enjoy them a second time, while I laugh at the remembrance of troubles now past, and which I no longer feel.

To Kiss : An attempt to absorb the essence of the other person.

Give me a man who is man enough to give himself just to the woman who is worth him. If that woman were me,I would love him alone and forever

Love is three quarters curiosity.

Nobody can deprive me of the fact that I had a good time.

He had been present in their minds not as a man but as an idea.

The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself to be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile.

Of course, I love you,' the flower said to him. 'If you were not aware of it, it was my fault.

I do my talking inside the Octagon.

Who can doubt that between the English and the French, between the Scotch and the Irish, there are differences of character which have profoundly affected and still affect the course of history?

I am a musicologist, a doctor of music. Therefore I listened to, studied and analysed a lot of music. I also enjoy metaphors, the art of quoting and of cycles.

A guy's got to get a license to drive a Geo, but any doofus with a few good swimmers can be a father.

I loved duping my parents; I liked manipulating them. It was a way for me to stand out. It was fun.

You cannot cure a lesser evil by a greater evil.

The splendor of a soul in grace is so seductive that it surpasses the beauty of all created things.