When our friends are alive we see the good qualities they lack dead we remember only those they possessed.

True courage is like a kite; a contrary wind raises it higher.

An angry woman is vindictive beyond measure, and hesitates at nothing in her bitterness.

The hatred we bear our enemies injures their happiness less than our own.

Every generous illusion of youth leaves a wrinkle as it departs. Experience is the successive disenchanting of the things of life; it is reason enriched with the heart's spoils.

Happiness is where we find it, but rarely where we seek it.

Envy, like flame, blackens that which is above it, and which it cannot reach.

It requires less character to discover the faults of others, than to tolerate them.

Do you know a young and beautiful woman who is not ready to flirt-just a little?

Loud indignation against vice often stands for virtue in the eyes of bigots.

Many fortunes, like rivers, have a pure source, but grow muddy as they grow large.

Rejection isn't a sign of failure. Rejection is a reminder that there's always room for improvement.

If you have the understanding to first notice the signs, continue with the courage to follow them.

Until work has reached its previous stage nympharium privileges are denied to all.

No metaphysician ever felt the deficiency of language so much as the grateful.

Even with the best of maps and instruments, we can never fully chart our journeys.

Vampires are so sexy and powerful - they're so otherworldly; they have eternal life and youth.

Any believable prediction will be wrong. Any correct prediction will be unbelievable.

I grew up Catholic. I'm not religious now but I would say that I'm a very spiritual person and you're always in search of answers.

We must also know that even before liberation in 1994 there [in South Africa] were people with resources who tried to share with those who were deprived.

Engage in combat fully determined to die and you will be alive; wish to survive in the battle and you will surely meet death.