Behind every beautiful thing, there's some kind of pain.

Unsatisfied desire is in itself more desirable than any other satisfaction.

Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are.

To be interested in the changing seasons is . . . a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring.

This thing of being a hero, about the main thing to it is to know when to die.

Time is the best killer.

Anyone who knows anything of history knows that great social changes are impossible without feminine upheaval. Social progress can be measured exactly by the social position of the fair sex, the ugly ones included

Live as if you were living a second time, and as though you had acted wrongly the first time.

People do not like to think. If one thinks, one must reach conclusions. Conclusions are not always pleasant.

Life is not an exact science, it is an art.

Courage is a kind of salvation.

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.

I don't know who invented high heels, but all women owe him a lot!

I desire to live in peace and to continue the life I have begun under the motto 'to live well you must live unseen'

Those who are easily shocked should be shocked more often.

Let the guarantee of free speech be in every man's determination to use it, and we shall have no need of paper declarations.

Science is the outcome of being prepared to live without certainty and therefore a mark of maturity. It embraces doubt and loose ends.

I can't help thinking that there are only one or two ways of being brought into this world, but there are so many fucked-up ways of leaving it.

I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.

Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.

Mastery of the emotions is fundamental to a virtuous life.