Her eyes were as hard and bright as stars. Not the pretty sort that poets mooned about, but the kind that made men's destinies.
The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.
Just as a cautious businessman avoids investing all his capital in one concern, so wisdom would probably admonish us also not to anticipate all our happiness from one quarter alone.
His room was a sickly dual-tone of crimson and charcoal, like an Untitled Rothko, the colours bleeding into each other horribly and then rather serenely. The overall effect was overwhelmingly unapolog...
We demand privacy, yet we glorify those that break into computers.
If you caress me one more time, you will melt the butter on my toast.
To be a leader, take action and be an example. To be an adviser, be wise.
Four minutes of eye contact brings people closer to each other better than everything else.
When I dare to be powerful - to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.
There is nothing inherently painful about being cheated on.
A man of sixty has spent twenty years in bed and over three years in eating.