There is a false modesty, which is vanity; a false glory, which is levity; a false grandeur, which is meanness; a false virtue, which is hypocrisy, and a false wisdom, which is prudery.

The sweetest of all sounds is that of the voice of the woman we love.

No road is to long for him who advances slowly and does not hurry and no attainment is beyond his reach who equips himself with patience to achieve it

Generosity lies less in giving much than in giving at the right moment.

The spendthrift robs his heirs the miser robs himself.

A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself.

Courtly manners are contagious; they are caught at Versailles.

We are more sociable, and get on better with people by the heart than the intellect.

A prince wants only the pleasure of private life to complete his happiness.

There is as much trickery required to grow rich by a stupid book as there is folly in buying it.

Out of difficulties grow miracles.

I think I love you, Bennett. Probably not relevant at the moment so no need to say thanks.

This idea that there is generality in the specific is of far-reaching importance.

This is a guy [Michael Flynn] who stood up at the Republican convention and reveled in the chants of "lock her up" about Hillary Clinton.

I believed, when I entered this convent, I was escaping from myself, but alas, poor me, I brought myself with me!

Happiness, in one sense, is a function of how closely our world conforms to the infinite variety of human preference.

My background is that I came from a middle class family, and I think those values stay where ever you go.

I have always found it difficult to study. I have learnt almost entirely what I have learnt by trying it out on the dog.

The gods plant reason in mankind, of all good gifts the highest.

I'm not really interested in making money.

Origami Striptease reads like William S. Burroughs and Djuna Barnes howling at a brutal paper moon.