Between flattery and admiration there often flows a river of contempt.

Illusion is the dust the devil throws in the eyes of the foolish.

A beautiful woman delights the eye; a wise woman, the understanding; a pure one, the soul.

Experience is a good teacher, but she sends in terrific bills.

The very women who object to the morals of a notoriously beautiful actress, grow big with pride when an admirer suggests their marked resemblance to this stage beauty in physique.

Intuition is truly a feminine quality, but women should not mistake rash conclusions for this gift.

Man proposes, woman forecloses.

Pretty women and rich men are rarely wrong.

We women take love too seriously. Men wish to be loved with laughter, not with sighing. So laugh, sweetheart, laugh, or soon you may be weeping.

The drama of life begins with a wail and ends with a sigh.

The Green-eyed Monster causes much woe, but the absence of this ugly serpent argues the presence of a corpse whose name is Eros.

My whole family is lactose intolerant and when we take pictures we can't say cheese.

As a student of history, I also know civilization's debt to Islam.

A guitar has moonlight in it.

Music is my only guide. I don't care if people pigeonhole me. Miles Davis is my hero. He covered Cindy Lauper and Michael Jackson, and he didn't give a hoot about what the purists said.

We are responsible for everything that happens in this world. We are warriors of light, and with the strength of our love and of our will we can change our destiny and that of many other people.

When we know what we want to prove, we go out and find our facts. They are always there.

I realize I never stand out in a room unless I'm feeling balanced, centered and happy. It sounds really corny but it's very, very true.

Our reliance on the physician is a kind of despair of ourselves.

He might be tall enough to see into tomorrow, but he hadn’t looked there in a long, long time. He’d forgotten how bright it was. So bright he could hardly stand it.

Who riseth from a feast With that keen appetite that he sits down?