“There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.”

I cannot fix on the hour, or the spot, or the look or the words, which laid the foundation. It is too long ago. I was in the middle before I knew that I had begun.

With women, the heart argues, not the mind.

What a shame, for I dearly love to laugh.

Our scars make us know that our past was for real.

It is very difficult for the prosperous to be humble.

General benevolence, but not general friendship, made a man what he ought to be.

I may have lost my heart, but not my self-control.

An annuity is a very serious business.

Almost anything is possible with time.

What are men to rocks and mountains?

Nothing amuses me more than the easy manner with which everybody settles the abundance of those who have a great deal less than themselves.

Angry people are not always wise.

There are as many forms of love as there are moments in time.

You must learn some of my philosophy. Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure.

I hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead of rational creatures. None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.

When I fall in love, it will be forever.

Don’t you think I was made for you? I feel like you had me ordered – and I was delivered to you – to be worn. I want you to wear me, like a watch-charm or a buttonhole bouquet.

This terrifying world is not devoid of charms, of the mornings that make waking up worthwhile.

Woman is a most charming creature, who changes her heart as easily as she does her gloves.

I emphasize that I am full of ambition and hope and of full charm of life. But I can renounce all at the time of need, and that is the real sacrifice.

The French are the wittiest, the most charming, and up to the present, at all events, the least musical race on Earth.

But my deepest and most secret love belongs to the fair-haired and the blue-eyed, the bright children of life, the happy, the charming and the ordinary.

You’re a beautiful enigma and warmed in charming wit.

The tusk is a very tactile shape, looks great among the other charms and is a cool piece that I like.