I know the ways of Pleasure, the sweet strains, The lullings and the relishes of it.
A man can keep another's secret better than his own. A woman her own better than others.
The sweetest of all sounds is that of the voice of the woman we love.
Out of difficulties grow miracles.
The beginning and the end of love are both marked by embarrassment when the two find themselves alone. [Fr. , Le commencement et le declin de l'amour se font sentir par l'embarras ou l'on est de se trouver seuls. ]
A person's worth in this world is estimated according to the value he puts on himself.
Caprice in woman is the antidote to beauty.
One is also reminded of how, in art, the tortoise so often overtakes the hare.
Stupidity is a factor to be reckoned with in human affairs. The true leader always expects to encounter it, and prepares to endure it patiently so long as it is normal stupidity. He knows that his ideas will be distorted, his orders carelessly executed; and that there will be jealousy among his assistants. He takes these inevitable phenomena into account, and instead of attempting to find men without faults, who are non-existent, he tries to make use of the best men at his disposal - as they are, and not as they ought to be.
Beauty is the enemy. We try to conquer not feeling beautiful all our lives. It's a battle that can't be won. There's no definition of beauty. The only way to achieve beauty is to feel it from inside without breaking down into individual physical attributes
We live in a time like dreaming. . . . The edges of our lives flutter and change as we watch them. Listen to the dream.