Words express only the feelings we know already.

One should make one's life a mosaic. Let the general design be good, the colors lively, and the materials diversified.

there are no nationalities in heaven.

that sunlight of the dead which is called literature.

marriage was a calamity, but it was not an occupation.

Children never grow tired; their likes and dislikes are constant; let them laugh at something once and they laugh always; do what you will, they are sure to say, 'Do it again!

... love always betrays its intentions.

those two wholesome defects of the French people, malice and curiosity, both of which are essential to its greatness.

The birth of love is always accompanied by the idea of solitude. A single being appears, and the rest of the world grows empty.

history ... a sort of immortality turned upside down. Her life stretched backwards through ten centuries.

The affairs of the royal house form a subject of conversation for those who, as a rule, would have no conversation.

In that wounded place, buried betweenmy ribs and letting go, I miss you.

Faith is only real when there is obedience, never without it, and faith only becomes faith in the act of obedience.

To see Good Tennis! What divine joy Can fill our leisure, or our minds employ? Let other people play at other things; The King of Games is still the Game of Kings.

I like putting a lot of personal touches in the music.

He smiled, thinking that for just an instant, it was easy to imagine they were still married, both of them on the same team, both of them still in love. Except, of course, that they weren't.

Historically, the family has played the primary role in educating children for life, with the school providing supplemental scaffolding to the family.

Human rights means that each individual should be treated with respect, dignity and equality.

There are always distractions, if you allow them.

Be careful how you live; you will be the only Bible some people ever read.