You may conquer her love of God: you will never overcome her fear of the devil.

When one woman strikes at the heart of another, she seldom misses, and the wound is invariably fatal.

Truth to tell, the longer I live, the more I'm tempted to think that the only moderately worthwhile people in the world are you and I.

Don't you remember that love, like medicine, is only the art of encouraging nature?

It has become necessary for me to have this woman, so as to save myself from the ridicule of being in love with her: for to what lengths will a man not be driven by thwarted desire?

...it is not for the illusion of a moment to govern the choice of a lifetime.

How characteristic of your perverse heart that longs only for what happens to be out of reach.

It was there, in particular, that I confirmed the truth that love, which we cry up as the source of our pleasures, is nothing more than an excuse for them.

One must not permit oneself excesses, except with persons whom one wishes soon to leave.

Will you, then, never grow weary of being unjust?

Moreover it is easier, in the informality of conversation, to achieve that excitement and incoherence which is the true eloquence of love.

running with sharp knivesnever got me so farbut running with youseemed lovely

When you cease to love, you cease to exist.

Have a variety of interests. ... These interests relax the mind and lessen tension on the nervous system. People with many interests live not only longest but happiest.

I don't think people know what hygienist means.

Failure: Is it a limitation? Bad timing? It's a lot of things. It's something you can't be afraid of, because you'll stop growing. The next step beyond failure could be your biggest success in life.

In my own case I have frequently faced the pitcher when I had no desire whatever to hit. I wanted to get a base on balls.

As long as there's Big Momma, we're going to bring you comedy.

I think we sort of are all fans of love really, if you're not then you're too cynical aren't you?

Our pleasures are short, and can only charm at intervals; love is a method of protraction our greatest pleasure.

I think that communism was a major force for violence for more than 100 years, because it was built into its ideology - that progress comes through class struggle, often violent.