The best lies are based on thetruth, at least in part

Let me give you a piece of advice. The handsome young fellow who's trying to rescue you from a hideous fate is never wrong. Not even if he says the sky is purple and made of hedgehogs.

Only the very weak-minded refuse to be influenced by literature and poetry.

Your angel cannot protect you against that which neither god nor the devil had made

Will looked horrified. "What kind of monster could possibly hate chocolate?

It is as great a thing to love as it is to be loved. Love is not something that can be wasted.

It isn't against the Law to be an idiot.

Demon pox. There's always demon pox.

He banged on the side of the carriage. "Thomas! We must away at once to the nearest brothel. I seek scandal and low companionship.

While the Clave disapproves of trespassers, oddly they take an even darker view of beheading and skinning people. They're peculiar that way.

When you find a man you wish to marry, Tessa, remember this: You will know what kind of man he is not by the things he says, but by the things he does.

One pain is lessened by another’s anguish. ... Take thou some new infection to thy eye, And the rank poison of the old will die.

Nothing is more effective in engaging your day than a genuine smile when appropriate.

If you make a gun, you are either going to sell it or you are going to use it. And if you're going to sell it, someone else is going to use it.

If in the library of your house you do not have the works of the ancient Greek writers, then you live in a house with no light.

A good deed never goes unpunished.

How do I get to Carnegie Hall? Practice. Practice. Practice.

Evil into the mind of god or man may come and go, so unapproved, and leave no spot or blame behind.

Getting smart on crime' does not mean reducing sentences or punishments for crimes.

The reason adults should look as though they are having fun, is to give kids a reason to want to grow up.

Everybody does the same mistake: refusing the means, but wanting the ends. You want peace and harmony in the world, but refuse to have them in yourself.