I am not an angel,' I asserted; 'and I will not be one till I die: I will be myself. Mr. Rochester, you must neither expect nor exact anything celestial of me - for you will not get it, any more than I shall get it of you: which I do not at all anticipate.― Charlotte Brontë

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Man is sometimes extraordinarily, passionately, in love with suffering. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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I have noticed that there is no dissatisfaction like that of the rich. Feed a man, clothe him, put him in a good house, and he will die of despair.

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If a woman sleeps alone it puts a shame on all men. God has a very big heart, but there is one sin He will not forgive. If a woman calls a man to her bed and he will not go.

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The dog is a gentleman; I hope to go to his heaven not man's.― Mark Twain

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Man is born to live, not to prepare for life.

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Beauty begins the moment you decide to be yourself.

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The woman who follows the crowd will usually believe that I said this. — Albert Einstein

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What the superior man seeks is in himself; what the small man seeks is in others.

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A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd. — Max Lucado

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