It is one of the arts of a great beauty to heighten the effect of her charms by affecting to be sweetly unconscious of them.

False friends are like our shadow, keeping close to us while we walk in the sunshine, but leaving us the instant we cross into the shade.

Doubt whom you will, but never yourself.

Our first and last love is self-love.

The scope of an intellect is not to be measured with a tape-string, or a character deciphered from the shape or length of a nose.

It is the passion that is in a kiss that gives to it its sweetness; it is the affection in a kiss that sanctifies it.

We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them.

The opinions of the misanthropical rest upon this very partial basis, that they adopt the bad faith of a few as evidence of the worthlessness of all.

The lively and mercurial are as open books, with the leaves turned down at the notable passages. Their souls sit at the windows of their eyes, seeing and to be seen.

Tears are nature's lotion for the eyes. The eyes see better for being washed by them.

The passions are like fire, useful in a thousand ways and dangerous only in one, through their excess.

You don’t miss great leaders because their impacts and footprints are always staring at you in the face.

Your daily habit is one of the most important predictors of the quality of your life.

No matter how unattractive your job is, once you are earning with honesty and dignity you need not care what people think of you in your work uniform.

There's just as much to be heard in silence as there is in a room filled with words.

Lampard's not the first player to run to the crowd with lips over his mouth.

When we turn luxuries into necessities, we jeopardize our ability for contentedness.

Now I'm searching for a slightly overweight, single, childless woman who doesn't have a date and isn't too depressing to be around. It's getting harder to find a girlfriend than a boyfriend.

I think the Jews need me right now.

Management creates an empowered state of mind in the organization by treating employees as part-owners of the business and expecting them to act like owners.

The vistas of possibility are only limited by the shortness of life.