It is the north wind that lashes men into Vikings; it is the soft, luscious south wind which lulls them to lotus dreams.

The longest absence is less perilous to love than the terrible trials of incessant proximity.

An easy-going husband is the one indispensable comfort of life.

Emulation is active virtue; envy is brooding malice.

Scandals are like dandelion seeds--they are arrow-headed, and stick where they fall, and bring forth and multiply fourfold.

Petty laws breed great crimes.

Intensely selfish people are always very decided as to what they wish. They do not waste their energies in considering the good of others.

Could we see when and where we are to meet again, we would be more tender when we bid our friends goodbye.

Music is not a science any more than poetry is. It is a sublime instinct, like genius of all kinds.

I do not wish to be a coward like the father of mankind and throw the blame upon a woman.

Familiarity is a magician that is cruel to beauty but kind to ugliness.

They say the eyes are the apertures to the soul. If that is so, I feared Locusta's soul was far darker than even Nero's.

You are lucky to be one of those people who wishes to build sand castles with words, who is willing to create a place where your imagination can wander.

He prefers his adventures second hand.

Sometimes I get tired of pins and needlesFacades are fire on the skinAnd I'm growing find of broken people As I see that I'm one of them

Pride that dines on vanity, sups on contempt.

Happiness is knowin' you've done a good job, whether it's professional or for another person.

And would'st thou evil for his good repay?

I crave cantaloupe like a crazy person. But I put salt all over it, so I don't know if it's that healthy.

Entertainment and art are not isolated. Entertainment is in art like color in pictures.

I is what I is, and I'm not changing.