"You can find women who have never had an affair, but it is hard to find a woman who has had just one."

"What men have called friendship is only a social arrangement, a mutual adjustment of interests, an interchange of services given and received it is, in sum, simply a business from which those involved propose to derive a steady profit for their own self-love."

"A peaceful heart knows that the most profound truths are found in silence."

"It is with true love as it is with ghosts; everyone talks about it, but few have seen it."

"I don't think poetry is something that can be taught. We can encourage young writers, but what you can't teach them is the very essence of poetry."

"I don't think that women need to smell interesting."

"A quiet mind is capable of understanding that the echo of our deeds ripples through eternity."

"The darkest nights often reveal that the mind is a garden where thoughts are the seeds."