"Compassion is the language of the soul."

"Real love is not attraction to the body; it is a connection with the soul."

"My idea of good company... is the company of clever, well-informed people, who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company."

"There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart."

"If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more."

"Business, you know, may bring you money, but friendship hardly ever does."

"Silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way."

"There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature."

"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife."

"The only way to get love is to be lovable. It’s very irritating if you have a lot of money."

"I measure success by how many people love me."

"I'm not unfaithful, darling. I've plenty of faults... but I'm very faithful."

"The most painful thing is losing yourself in the process of loving someone too much, and forgetting that you are special too."

"The way to make people trustworthy is to trust them."

"A cat has absolute emotional honesty."