Who would not rather be the sufferer than the defrauder?

Handsome husbands often make a wife's heart ache.

Sorrow makes an ugly face odious.

Spiritual pride is the most dangerous and the most arrogant of all sorts of pride.

'Passion' a word which involves so many feelings. I feel it when we touch; I feel it when we kiss; I feel it when I look at you. For you are my passion; my one true love.

That dangerous but too commonly received notion, that a reformed rake makes the best husband.

Where words are restrained, the eyes often talk a great deal.

To what a bad choice is many a worthy woman betrayed, by that false and inconsiderate notion, That a reformed rake makes the best husband!

Great allowances ought to be made for the petulance of persons labouring under ill-health.

Honeymoon lasts not nowadays above a fortnight.

Every one, more or less, loves Power, yet those who most wish for it are seldom the fittest to be trusted with it.

When you see a tumour in the brain, it's an ugly looking thing. It's kind of black, grisly and messy. Or it can be white. To see it taken away is just amazing.

I'm not really a mass market writer.

I just wanted to be a businessman, and to me, the best way to understand business was to be an accountant.

I'm not ashamed of selling millions of records. I'm very fortunate to be in that position.

I think it is fatal to specialize. And all kinds of things show us that and that the more diverse we are in what we can do, the better.

That's what courage is you know: being afraid and doing what you have to do anyway.

They (american press) always blame America first!

Success will smile at the man who refuses to lie down at the corridor of failure.

Say a prayer for the lost generation, who spin the wheel out of desperation.