The true secret of giving advice is, after you have honestly given it, to be perfectly indifferent whether it is taken or not, and never persist in trying to set people right. – Hannah Whitall Smith
There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there is between the counsel of a friend and of a flatterer. For there is no such flatterer as is a mans self. – Francis Bacon
You promised to take care of me and not to turn your back on me. How is it possible that you never wrote to me even once and you never came back to see me? Do you think that it is fun for me to spend months, even years, without any news, without any hope! – Camille Claudel
When an individual is protesting societys refusal to acknowledge his dignity as a human being, his very act of protest confers dignity on him. – Bayard Rustin
And I like to keep whatever is mine remaining that way. Its a funny little game to play and its a slippery slope. I always say to myself Im never going to give anything away because theres never any point or benefit for me. – Kristen Stewart
Ive been left alone, even by the paparazzi, because what sells is sex and scandal. Absent that, they really dont have much interest in you. Im still married, still working, still happy. – Matt Damon
