It is better to be thought perverse than insincere.

Handsome husbands often make a wife's heart ache.

Sorrow makes an ugly face odious.

Spiritual pride is the most dangerous and the most arrogant of all sorts of pride.

'Passion' a word which involves so many feelings. I feel it when we touch; I feel it when we kiss; I feel it when I look at you. For you are my passion; my one true love.

That dangerous but too commonly received notion, that a reformed rake makes the best husband.

Where words are restrained, the eyes often talk a great deal.

To what a bad choice is many a worthy woman betrayed, by that false and inconsiderate notion, That a reformed rake makes the best husband!

Great allowances ought to be made for the petulance of persons labouring under ill-health.

Honeymoon lasts not nowadays above a fortnight.

Every one, more or less, loves Power, yet those who most wish for it are seldom the fittest to be trusted with it.

I am learning to know my soul.

I enjoy the press. I understand their business.

If you truly own who you are, no one can use you against you.

Amid life's quests, there seems but worthy one: to do men good.

We have so much patience with ourselves, why not borrow some of that and use it on others.

Right now is the time for you to visualize and create your future. Make it as healthy and bright and joyful as you can. It's your life, and you're going to live it.

I like the X-Men, otherwise I wouldn't be doing it.

I don't regret the numerous pictures of Brigitte Bardot, but I'd rather have a good photograph of my father.

The more you think of yourself as shining immortal spirit, the more eager you will be to be absolutely free of matter, body, and senses. This is the intense desire to be free.

I don't believe that clothes can start a revolution, but I do believe that fashion is often a manifestation of a sociological or political climate.