She who makes her husband and her children happy, who reclaims the one from vice, and trains up the other read more

She who makes her husband and her children happy, who reclaims the one from vice, and trains up the other to virtue, is a much greater character than the ladies described in romance, whose whole occupation is to murder mankind with shafts from their quiver or their eyes.

One does not kill oneself for love of a woman, but because love -- any love -- reveals us in read more

One does not kill oneself for love of a woman, but because love -- any love -- reveals us in our nakedness, our misery, our vulnerability, our nothingness.

Looking back, I have this to regret, that too often when I loved, I did not say so.

Looking back, I have this to regret, that too often when I loved, I did not say so.

There is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand imitations.

There is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand imitations.

Never marry a man who hates his mother, because he'll end up hating you.

Never marry a man who hates his mother, because he'll end up hating you.

The fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose.

The fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose.

I remember committing myself to make it in the garbage business, "whatever it takes!".

I remember committing myself to make it in the garbage business, "whatever it takes!".

Beauty is desired in order that it may be befouled; not for its own sake, but for the joy brought read more

Beauty is desired in order that it may be befouled; not for its own sake, but for the joy brought by the certainty of profaning it.

A total commitment is paramount to reaching the ultimate in performance.

A total commitment is paramount to reaching the ultimate in performance.