Women are one and all a set of vultures.

The mind longs for what it has missed.

Outward beauty is not enough; to be attractive a woman must use words, wit, playfulness, sweet-talk, and laughter to transcend the gifts of nature.

Wisdom and beauty form a very rare combination.

Mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur.

Nothing is falser than people's preconceptions and ready-made opinions; nothing is sillier than their sham morality.

The world wants to be deceived.

Can't you see that I'm only advising you to beg yourself not to be so dumb

A man who is always ready to believe what is told him will never do well, especially a businessman.

Leave your home, O youth, and seek out alien shores. A wider range of life has been ordained for you.

While fortune lasts you will see your friend's face.

He aimed at the lawyer's heart but missed it. It was a mistrial.

The Constitution does not trust judges to make determinations of criminal guilt.

When I was outed, it was like, That's done.

The more you let yourself go, the less others let you go.

Everything ultimately comes down to trust.

Perpetual aiming at wit is a very bad part of conversation. It is done to support a character: it generally fails; it is a sort of insult on the company, and a restraint upon the speaker.

A person is either the effect of his environment or is able to have an effect upon his environment.

We do not need Departments of Commerce, Labor, and Education; we need a single Department of Skills that will promote an integrated approach to global competitiveness.

I believe that you should praise people whenever you can; it causes them to respond as a thirsty plant responds to water.

Our pleasance here is all vain glory, This false warld is but transitory.