Do hurry and proclaim the concordat. Then castrate yourselves to keep from sinning.

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.

To be conscious that you are ignorant is a great step to knowledge.

Having talent isn't merely about being competent; confidence is actually a part of that talent.

A perfect marriage is just two imperfect people who refuse to give up on each other.

You're all brainwashed into believing you're ugly.

I don't like people," said Velvet. "... I only like horses.

O. J. Simpson has already received the ultimate punishment: For the rest of his life he has to associate with golfers.

I have lots of support on Twitter and I think it's great.

I know who I am. I have a very strong sense of self.

If you were really interested in being creative in teaching, it was possible to try new methods and that was really what we did in Goldsmiths - we used the freedom of the time.

A voice so thrilling ne'er was heard... Breaking the silence of the seas Among the farthest Hebrides.