When we are dead we are praised by those who survive us, though we frequently have no other merit than that of being no longer alive.

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 almost biological certainty that the more often you checked your cell phone, the more likely you were to find that one wondrous message or notification that would improve your entire life.

Motivating people- the ingredient that separates winners from losers.

You can only see what you believe—nothing else is possible.

There are various orders of beauty, causing men to make fools of themselves in various styles.

The sea is the universal sewer.

Kitten." His voice was thick with something I couldn't name. "This is the part... where you don't have a choice.

It was so simple in the old days. You put out an album, people promoted it, it got in the charts, and you had a hit.

The real role of leadership in education ... is not and should not be command and control. The real role of leadership is climate control, creating a climate of possibility.

Fairy tales are about money, marriage, and men. They are the maps and manuals that are passed down from mothers and grandmothers to help them survive.

I don't approve of open fires. You can't think, or talk or even make love in front of a fireplace. All you can do is stare at it.