“The nicest feeling in the world is to do a good deed anonymously-and have somebody find out.”

Some things are more precious because they don’t last long.

I may not agree with you, but I will defend to the death your right to make an ass of yourself.

Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live.

The truth is rarely pure and never simple.

No good deed goes unpunished.

Indeed I have always been of the opinion that hard work is simply the refuge of people who have nothing to do.

I think God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability.

All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does, and that is his.

Society often forgives the criminal; it never forgives the dreamer.

Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast.

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.

Crying is for plain women. Pretty women go shopping.

An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.

The mystery of love is greater than the mystery of death.

The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.

Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.

Let no one persuade you by word or deed to do or say whatever is not best for you.

As long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other. Indeed, he who sows the seeds of murder and pain cannot reap the joy of love.

A girl is a good deed and a boy is a bounty. Good deeds are rewarded while people are held accountable for bounties.

Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.

Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well.

I know that man is capable of great deeds. But if he isn’t capable of great emotion, well, he leaves me cold.

To judge a man by his weakest link or deed is like judging the power of the ocean by one wave.

A good deed brightens a dark world.