When women are secret they are secret indeed and more often then not they only begin to be secret with the advent of a second lover.

Better to choose a limit capriciously than to have none.

If I really seem vain, it is that I am only vain in my ways—not in my heart. The worst women are those vain in their hearts, and not in their ways.

Empty words and long praises do not impress God. Show Him your faith by your deeds

Truth in spirit, not truth to the letter, is the true veracity,

The purpose of life is life.

No man is your enemy, no man is your friend, every man is your teacher.

What's nurtured slowly grows well.

If you don't know history, it is as if you were born yesterday.

I think one of the reasons musicians keep doing what they do and writers keep doing what they do, is that we're totally unsuited for anything else. And I for one am much too lazy.

I don't think you should ever insult people unintentionally: if you're doing it, you ought to mean it.

Friendship is but a name; fidelity but an empty name.

The truth can't be hidden for long.