A wise man can and should stand above his times, not so the poet, but he should be their apex.

I look around me and nowhere do I see a stamp of disapproval with which nature marked a woman's candid brow.

Genius unrefined resembles a flash of lightning, but wisdom is like the sun.

The uneducated person perceives only the individual phenomenon, the partly educated person the rule, and the educated person the exception.

History is the zoology of the human race.

I love the pride whose measure is its own eminence and not the insignificance of someone else.

The character of the crowds is made up of mimicry and hostility.

Drink and be thankful to the host! What seems insignificant when you have it, is important when you need it.

Someone who is reluctant to say what he needs to say, often ends up doing so with an insolence whose crassness is proportionate tohis fear, once he gathers the necessary courage.

Piety is the fermentation of the forming mind and the putrefaction of the disintegrating one.

A woman's passion is not the measure of a man's love.

Consequences need not be the obstacles that I dread, but the direction that I need.

You can re-design your life, learn a new skill, update your appearance, offer a new service, or even change your attitude.

The waltz was the only way a young couple could touch one another, and even through gloves I could feel the heat of your grandfather's touch, 'she'd tell Luc, with a wicked glimmer in her eye.

The meaning of a word - to me - is not as exact as the meaning of a color. Colors and shapes make a more definite statement than words.

Everybody is bisexual, and that is a fact of human nature. Some people practice both, and some practice one thing, and some people practice another thing and that is the way human beings are.

He who is less than just is less than man.

If we're really honest with ourselves, most of us will admit that we want to impress people, and this is what's causing us to do what we do.

Once you think you have the formula for good design, you’re dead. You cease to be a good designer at that point.

Bit parts in Mediocre TV shows won't develop your acting chops.

I learned that accepting others and accepting myself are two sides of the same coin; you can't love and accept yourself without doing the same for others.