The genius of the French language, descended from its single Latin stock, has triumphed most in the contrary direction - in simplicity, in unity, in clarity, and in restraint.

The stability and peace which seemed to be so firmly established by the brilliant monarchy of Francis I vanished with the terrible outbreak of the Wars of Religion.

Perhaps of all the creations of man language is the most astonishing.

It is probably always disastrous not to be a poet.

Human beings are too important to be treated as mere symptoms of the past. They have a value which is independent of any temporal process──which is eternal, and must be felt for its own sake.

There is something dark and wintry about the atmosphere of the later Middle Ages.

Ignorance is the first requisite of the historian - ignorance, which simplifies and clarifies, which selects and omits, with a placid perfection unattainable by the highest art.

Perhaps the best test of a man's intelligence is his capacity for making a summary.

Englishmen have always loved Moliere.

Discretion is not the better part of biography.

The history of the Victorian Age will never be written: we know too much about it.

For the first time in ages I felt a tiny pinprick in my heart--not like it was breaking, but like something small and unseen had begun sewing it closed again.

Baby girl, you destroy me, " he whispered against her lips. "You have to tell me if you don't want this because I'm holding on by a thread." "Then let go, " she whispered in reply.

The rate of delay is in direct proportion to the urgency of arrival.

Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz did their best Donald Trump impersonation. All three unleashing an unprecedented string of insults and attacks fit more for a barroom than a presidential debate stage.

In Wall Street, the only thing that's hard to explain is next week.

I enjoyed working as a model a lot as it let me travel and I got to do some really interesting projects.

Show me the man who would go to heaven alone if he could, and in that man I will show you one who will never be admitted into heaven.

Your mind, more than your actions, determines your net worth.

People call me crazy and a madman. Even 'Tasmanian Devil.' I'd rather be called the 'Tasmanian Angel.'

The future is not an inheritance, it is an opportunity and an obligation.