Where grief is fresh, any attempt to divert it only irritates.

Every man's memory is his private literature.

Blessed are the cracked, for they shall let in the light.

Ladies who play with fire must remember that smoke gets in their eyes.

The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.

Modesty and conscientiousness receive their reward only in novels. In life they are exploited and then shoved aside.

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

The word 'good' has many meanings. For example, if a man were to shoot his grandmother at a range of five hundred yards, I should call him a good shot, but not necessarily a good man.

All men are prepared to accomplish the incredible if their ideals are threatened.

Forewarned, forearmed. To be prepared is half the victory.

Self-esteem comes from being able to define the world in your own terms and refusing to abide by the judgments of others.

All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.

But some emotions don't make a lot of noise. It's hard to hear pride. Caring is real faint - like a heartbeat. And pure love why, some days it's so quiet, you don't even know it's there.

Any product that needs a manual to work is broken.

I've been looking for a girl like you - not you, but a girl like you.

The more intense the nature of a man, the more readily will he find meditation, and the more successfully will he practice it.

Women have the right to work wherever they want, as long as they have the dinner ready when you get home.

Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.

To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities.

Gold and silver from the dead turn often into lead.

In ballet a complicated story is impossible to tell... we can't dance synonyms.