it is not the deed but the intention that makes the crime.

The name of mistress instead of wife would be dearer and more honourable for me, only love given freely, rather than the constriction of the marriage tie, is of significance to an ideal relationship.

When my self is not with you, it is nowhere.

Riches and power are but gifts of blind fate, whereas goodness is the result of one's own merits.

We fluctuate long between love and hatred before we can arrive at tranquillity.

What cannot letters inspire? They have souls; they can speak; they have in them all that force which expresses the transports of the heart.

I am convinced by a sad experience that it is natural to avoid those to whom we have been too much obliged, and that uncommon generosity causes neglect rather than gratitude.

The heart overwhelmed by grief knows no rest.

Prosperity seldom chooses the side of the virtuous.

the higher the step of advancement, the heavier is the fall.

It is always some consolation in sorrow to feel that it is shared, and any burden laid on several is carried more lightly or removed.

My life is kinda like a story that if I told you about it, you probably wouldn't believe. It would seem like fiction. That's me.

Don't be afraid to live. And hold onto the people you love.

To mistrust science and deny the validity of scientific method is to resign your job as a human. You'd better go look for work as a plant or wild animal.

I have simply tried to do what seemed best each day, as each day came.

Hendrix is one of the most revolutionary figures in today's pop culture, musically and sociologically.

A man can be trusted only up to low-water mark.

In the process of evolution, the body lasts for some time and then will take other body and take other body and take other body until the final redemption from diversity is transcended.

Happiness is to be found along the way, not at the end of the road, for then the journey is over and it is too late.

I would say, when it comes to comedy, I think Matthew Broderick was great.

Well, my great lesson with that was I went to the same production twice - once completely high and once completely sober - and both times were equally wonderful.