It is better to expose ourselves to ingratitude than to neglect our duty to the distressed.

The sweetest of all sounds is that of the voice of the woman we love.

No road is to long for him who advances slowly and does not hurry and no attainment is beyond his reach who equips himself with patience to achieve it

Generosity lies less in giving much than in giving at the right moment.

The spendthrift robs his heirs the miser robs himself.

A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself.

Courtly manners are contagious; they are caught at Versailles.

We are more sociable, and get on better with people by the heart than the intellect.

A prince wants only the pleasure of private life to complete his happiness.

There is as much trickery required to grow rich by a stupid book as there is folly in buying it.

Out of difficulties grow miracles.

I'd thought I wanted to live free of my mundane little cage, but the world outside was feeling more and more hazardous.

Oh, what an unbearable yoke is free will! What a vicious curse of the gods, granting self-determination to creatures incapable of guiding themselves! What good parent would free a child among tigers?

The real revelation of a player's character is not in his social life but in how he plays. In my social life I can hide my real personality.

Suits are looked at more now as a business thing which is kind of a shame. If you're not wearing it just for work, you should try and trick it up a bit.

I will come again & conquer you because as a mountain you can't grow, but as a human, I can

We are sometimes as different from ourselves as we are from others.

Having purpose and vision during retirement is one of the most important determinants of mental, social, spiritual, and physical well-being in later life.

It's true that language is in a sense linear but that is as obvious as perceptual space is three-dimensional.

Stick to your dreams and determine that you're going to make them come true.

Taiwan is a major economy.