Talk low, talk slow and don't say too much.

His modesty amounts to deformity.

We can work together for a better world with men and women of goodwill, those who radiate the intrinsic goodness of humankind.

A man can do what he wants, but not want what he wants.

I speak for the trees, for the trees have no tongues.

Never lend your car to someone you've given birth to.

I am not interested in picking up crumbs of compassion thrown from the table of someone who considers himself my master. I want the full menu of rights.

Rich men's houses are seldom beautiful, rarely comfortable, and never original. It is a constant source of surprise to people of moderate means to observe how little a big fortune contributes to Beauty.

If the world was perfect, it wouldn't be.

At the heart of all beauty lies something inhuman.

Rhyme, that enslaved queen, that supreme charm of our poetry, that creator of our meter.

Parents wonder why the streams are bitter, when they themselves have poisoned the fountain.

Do unto those downstream as you would have those upstream do unto you.

Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart.

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

I apologize for lying to you. I promise I won't deceive you except in matters of this sort.

Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.

A moral being is one who is capable of reflecting on his past actions and their motives - of approving of some and disapproving of others

Moonlight is sculpture.

Freedom lies in being bold.

Memory... is an internal rumour.