Music is the fourth great material want, first food, then clothes, then shelter, then music.

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.

Did you recently turn into a jerk or have you been one since birth?

We rise to high positions or remain at the bottom because of conditions we can control if we desire to control them.

Hearts were made for being broken. There's really no way around it if you want to be a human being.

First you train the followers to accomplish the mission. Second, you resource them: Make sure that they have the tools to do the job. Third, you reward them: You give them medals or bonuses.

With every word, I drop knowledge. I'm a diamond in the rough, a shiny piece of coal trying to reach my goal.

Every day offers you 10,000 reasons to cry, but if you can find just one reason to laugh then you will be all right.

If you think back to your first love, you always remember them and little things always remind you of them.

People who believe in painting... realize there is something greater than just coming up with an idea, and executing it.

She was convinced that she was anorexic, because every time she looked in the mirror she did indeed see a fat person.

You’re either the one that creates the automation or you’re getting automated.