When we have the means to pay for what we desire, what we get is not so much what is best, as what is costliest.

False friends are like our shadow, keeping close to us while we walk in the sunshine, but leaving us the instant we cross into the shade.

Doubt whom you will, but never yourself.

Our first and last love is self-love.

The scope of an intellect is not to be measured with a tape-string, or a character deciphered from the shape or length of a nose.

It is the passion that is in a kiss that gives to it its sweetness; it is the affection in a kiss that sanctifies it.

We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them.

The opinions of the misanthropical rest upon this very partial basis, that they adopt the bad faith of a few as evidence of the worthlessness of all.

The lively and mercurial are as open books, with the leaves turned down at the notable passages. Their souls sit at the windows of their eyes, seeing and to be seen.

Tears are nature's lotion for the eyes. The eyes see better for being washed by them.

The passions are like fire, useful in a thousand ways and dangerous only in one, through their excess.

Do you love him?"How would I know?"You'd know.

Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.

I believe that discipline and self-love are the total secrets to freedom.

You feel the pressure of going to university because you need a back-up plan, which is why I enrolled.

One moves more slowly in heels. Walking fast is neither sexy nor engaging. Nobody notices the people who race around. If you're walking in heels, you've got time. It's much more attractive.

I think they are looking for publicity and they are looking for a name for themselves.

The ancestor of every destructive action, every destructive decision, is a negative thought.

The God of the Old Testament is the depiction of evil.

New security loopholes are constantly popping up because of wireless networking. The cat-and-mouse game between hackers and system administrators is still in full swing.

Ethnic, cultural, artistic and culinary diversity. LA...a feast for the senses.