Your sex have such a surprising animosity against one another, when you do differ.

It is an old prerogative of kings to govern everything but their passions.

The ocean asks for nothing but those who stand by her shores gradually attune themselves to her rhythm.

A man is lucky if he is the first love of a woman. A woman is lucky if she is the last love of a man.

Why should I disguise what you know so well, but what the crowd never dream of? We companies are all birds of prey; mere birds of prey. The only question is, whether in serving our own turn, we can serve yours too; whether in double-lining our own nest, we can put a single living into yours.

My advice is to never do tomorrow what you can do today. Procrastination is the thief of time.

If you could see my legs when I take my boots off, you'd form some idea of what unrequited affection is.