Cruelty and fear shake hands together.

There is neither vice nor virtue, there are only circumstances.

Suffering predisposes the mind to devoutness; and most young girls, prompted by instinctive tenderness, lean towards mysticism, the obscurer side of religion.

You may imitate, but never counterfeit.

Love is not only a feeling, it is also an art. A simple word, a sensitive precaution, a mere nothing reveal to a woman the sublime artist who can touch her heart without withering it.

The national budget is not a safe-deposit box. It is a spray can.

Many people claim coffee inspires them, but, as everybody knows, coffee only makes boring people even more boring.