No man is offended by another man's admiration of the woman he loves; it is the woman only who can make it a torment.

There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.

My heart is, and always will be, yours.

It isn't what we say or think that defines us, but what we do.

There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.

The younger brother must help to pay for the pleasures of the elder.

Our scars make us know that our past was for real

None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.

What dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps one in a continual state of inelegance.

Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen that something is not a little disguised, or a little mistaken.

The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.

There are only two profound ways to reach enlightenment: Laugh by yourself, or get tickled.

There are a million ways to lose someone you love.

Once when he was still young, I saw a bit of his scalp showing through his hair and I was afraid. But it was just a cowlick. Now sometimes it shows through for real, but I feel only tenderness.

Exercising first thing in the morning ensures that you'll have the time for it, and it improves your self-control and energy levels all day long.

Everyone has love, but it can only come out when he is convinced of the impossibility and the frustration of trying to love himself.

Humans enter this world and awaken to a simple truth: We must find our story with this great epic of being.

I said to myself a long time ago that I didn't want to be that hanging-on-for-too-long, aging-rock-musician guy, and that's why I sort of got away from music.

We mountaineers always live with the feeling that we came on the scene too late.

There is more than one good way to drown.

There is much to learn about what could happen in the gardens of the future, should designers wish to learn about the past.