A man enjoys the happiness he feels, a woman the happiness she gives.

Either you have a rival or you don't. If you have one, you must please in order to be preferred to him, and if you don't you must still please-in order to avoid having one.

Cast between the extremes of happiness and misfortune, uncertainty is a cruel torment.

I willingly allow that money does not guarantee happiness; but it must also be allowed that it makes happiness a great deal easier to achieve.

La vengeance est un plat qui se mange froid

Revenge is a dish that is best served cold.

Humanity is not perfect in any fashion; no more in the case of evil than in that of good. The criminal has his virtues, just as the honest man has his weaknesses.

All publicity is good publicity.

Marquise de Merteuil: I've distilled every thing to one single principle: win or die.

I assure you that the world is not so amusing as we imagined.

I see you are already as timid as a slave: you might as well be in love.

...but maybe it's just the genetic code of a teenager. If your parents forbid something, you have to want it.

I wouldn't say philosophy and theology are dead. Brain science doesn't invent new philosophies but it helps remind us which of our existing philosophies are more true.

There are times when born hollandaise heads, as well as nouveaux turbot freaks and recherche escargotphiles alike crave the saignet abundance of a New York steak.

Because education is such a broad area, I chose to focus on language learning.

The only right a Christian has is the right to give up his rights.

Feel the delight of walking in the noisy street and being the noise.

I like to skate on the other side of the ice.

It is a shame for a person to have been a Christian for years but not to have advanced beyond the knowledge of his salvation.

You are only a young talent, but we don't know how old your soul is.