What the people call eloquence is the facility some persons have of speaking alone and for a long time, aided by extravagant gestures, a loud voice, and powerful lungs.

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.

The happiest people are those who are too busy to notice whether they are or not.

My mother liked Jim Reeves. I hated his records. He was unbearable.

What shall I say to you? What can I say Better than silence is?

I've wanted to be an author as long as I can remember. English was always my favorite subject at school, so why I went on to do a degree in French is anyone's guess.

I will not make anymore boring art.

Marriage is a civic matter. It is really not, together with all its circumstances, the business of the church.

I worry that if whatever pops into your head at any instant immediately goes online, you lose the crucial time for your thoughts to simmer and evolve and build up nuance, depth and empathy.

No one has schizophrenia, like having a cold. The patient has not "got" schizophrenia. He is schizophrenic.

I don't think we live in a place where we don't want people to be able to say when they disagree with the president or incoming administration.

You can't help being young, but it's past time that you stopped being stupid.