Who despises all that is despicable is made to be impressed with all that is grand.

Neatness begets order; but from order to taste there is the same difference as from taste to genius, or from love to friendship.

You may depend upon it that he is a good man whose intimate friends are all good, and whose enemies are decidedly bad.

The craftiest trickery are too short and ragged a cloak to cover a bad heart.

What knowledge is there of which man is capable that is not founded on the exterior,--the relation that exists between visible and invisible, the perceptible and the imperceptible?

You can depend on no man, on no friend, but him who can depend on himself.

Trust him not with your secrets, who, when left alone in your room, turns over your papers.

Who makes quick use of the moment is a genius of prudence.

Him, who incessantly laughs in the street, you may commonly hear grumbling in his closet.

Be certain that he who has betrayed thee once will betray thee again.

Sensibility is the power of woman.

I got swirling eyes and the capacity to shatter windows with my bare voice. Tod got teleportation and invisibility. The supernatural world is so far from fair.

When we have a narrative in mind, we often plug in anecdotes that confirm it.

It became evident, that in Paris, only one man could fulfil Heloise’s educational needs, Peter (or as the French called him, Pierre) Abelard, a thirty-seven year old philosopher and teacher

Virtue like a dowerless beauty has more admirers than followers.

Sir Alex, Mourinho, Wenger - none of them could have done a better job at Wigan than Steve Bruce.

People like bluegrass. It's had a following amongst a lot of hip and young people. A lot of college kids like bluegrass.

Your reach should always exceed your grasp.

My mother and father, Joe and Theresa Montana brought me along and taught me to never quit, and to strive to be the best.

I'm not someone who thinks about the past. I'm so busy thinking about what I'm going to do today.

I could never be a complete scholar or a complete housewife ora completewriter: Imustcombinea little of all, and thereby be imperfect in all.