it's much better to do good in a way that no one knows anything about it.

All the variety, all the charm, all the beauty of life is made up of light and shadow.

He stepped down, trying not to look long at her, as if she were the sun, yet he saw her, like the sun, even without looking.

I think... if it is true that there are as many minds as there are heads, then there are as many kinds of love as there are hearts.

Be bad, but at least don't be a liar, a deceiver!

Respect was invented to cover the empty place where love should be.

Hypocrisy in anything whatever may deceive the cleverest and most penetrating man, but the least wide-awake of children recognizes it, and is revolted by it, however ingeniously it may be disguised.

They ought to find out how to vaccinate for love, like smallpox.

If you look for perfection, you'll never be content.

Anything is better than lies and deceit!

And those who only know the non-platonic love have no need to talk of tragedy. In such love there can be no sort of tragedy.

Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.

Success will teach you who your real friends are.

Life…was much like a song. In the beginning there is mystery, in the end there is confirmation, but it’s in the middle where all the emotion resides to make the whole thing worthwhile.

That’s why I wanted to be a writer - because someone I loved told me I could be one.

We are not victims of our genes, but masters of our fates, able to create lives overflowing with peace, happiness, and love.

I mean, it didn't matter to me that there were people, it didn't matter that I was shy Just the sound was so captivating that it helped me to get rid of those inhibitions.

Believe me, 'tis a godlike thing to lend; to owe is a heroic virtue.

Do things that matter, things that will make those better, and things that will make you better.

Every video [slot] gambling machine takes $60,000 out of the consumer economy

In acting, you have to pull from real-life situations, from people, to help develop a character.