I do not feel I have wisdom enough yet to love what is ugly.

She had caprices of a marvellous unexpectedness, and how is any one to imitate a caprice?

Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it.

One can acquire everything in solitude except character.

Mathematics allows for no hypocrisy and no vagueness.

If you don't love me, it does not matter, anyway I can love for both of us.

Who knows whether it is not true that phosphorus and mind are not the same thing?

The shepherd always tries to persuade the sheep that their interests and his own are the same.

A very small degree of hope is sufficient to cause the birth of love.

A good book is an event in my life.

A novel is like a bow, and the violin that produces the sound is the reader's soul.

Reading a book is like living a deep and fulfilling life. Watching a movie is like being a paralyzed person: watching others live their lives while you observe from the sidelines.

Isolated people, those who live alone, are always conscious of their condition in the homes of families.

If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.

What rights are those that dare not resist for them?

Well, I've never left my faith - but have I made a lot of mistakes? But was I fortunate that I was brought up in that Pentecostal church, where I heard about God's love and God's forgiveness.

Calm, thinking villains, whom no faith could fix, Of crooked counsels and dark politics.

It is true that I must run a great risk; no gallant action was ever accomplished without danger.

I was born with success. Lucky for me I am able to handle it. Also, I damn well deserve it!

Cheer up every person you interact with (including yourself).