High birth is an accident, not a virtue.

It is the just decree of Heaven that a traitor never sees his danger till his ruin is at hand.

Prepare thy soul calmly to obey; such offering will be more acceptable to God than every other sacrifice.

Love is a feeling that comes into our hearts of our own choice for neither force nor harshness can limit the heart's freedom.

The eye that gazes upon the sun sees not the orb it looks upon, confounded by the excess of its brightness.

Every noble acquisition is attended with its risks; he who fears to encounter the one must not expect to obtain the other.

The pilot who is always dreading a rock or a tempest must not complain if he remain a poor fisherman. We must at times trust, something to fortune, for fortune has often some share in what happens.

The canker which the trunk conceals is revealed by the leaves, the fruit, or the flower.

Cowards' weapons neither cut nor pierce.

Fortune is the best school of courage when she is fraught with anger, in the same way as winds and tempests are the school of the sailorboy.

If the internal griefs of every man could be read, written on his forehead, how many who now excite envy would appear to be the objects of pity?

These are moments of love and ecstasy. Deeply moving moments when we will fly! Fly together in the azure blue sky!

Peanut butter is a poor man’s marmalade.

Don't bore the universe.

To have some idea what it's like, stand in the outside lane of a motorway, get your mate to drive his car at you at 95 mph and wait until he's 12 yards away, before you decide which way to jump.

The American empire should be destroyed.

As for death, one gets used to it, even if it is only other people is death you get used to.

The truth of the matter is the real story are the people who rise above all of this incredible cruelty. Otherwise that cruelty wins.

Many old people receive pensions for no other reason, it seems to me, but as a compensation for having lived a long time ago.

I like beautiful clothing. I love Bergdorfs.

Love is not a compromise. It's something like the rising of the sun,although you've seen it a thousand times, you can't explain it.