O! how short a time does it take to put an end to a woman's liberty!

Insensibility, of all kinds, and on all occasions, most moves my imperial displeasure

I am ashamed of confessing that I have nothing to confess.

Travelling is the ruin of all happiness. There's no looking at a building here after seeing Italy.

But if the young are never tired of erring in conduct, neither are the older in erring of judgment.

Credulity is the sister of innocence.

I wish the opera was every night. It is, of all entertainments, the sweetest and most delightful. Some of the songs seemed to melt my very soul.

to diminish expectation is to increase enjoyment.

Nothing is so delicate as the reputation of a woman; it is at once the most beautiful and most brittle of all human things.

A youthful mind is seldom totally free from ambition; to curb that, is the first step to contentment, since to diminish expectation is to increase enjoyment.

I cannot sleep - great joy is as restless as sorrow.

Vibration is the core of the spirit. It is the breath of life.

The most dangerous madmen are those created by religion, and ... people whose aim is to disrupt society always know how to make good use of them on occasion.

Our ability to transcend betrayal is directly tied to our willingness to identify ourselves as love activists rather than victims of the Universe.

Being a slave to a fellow human being, many times, starts with giving his opinion more weight than you should.

The present is shaped by the past.

I play a man who is obsessed with his own beauty, so it's perfect casting.

I never really thought of myself as a beefcake kind of guy.

To receive the grace of God you must go to the desert and stay awhile.

Politicians don't create jobs.

Affection should not be too sharp eyed, and love is not made by magnifying glasses.