John Lothrop Motley

Give us the luxuries of life, and we will dispense with its necessaries.

A terrible animal, indeed, is an unbridled woman.

The splendid empire of Charles the Fifth was erected upon the grave of liberty.

I have always thought of sophistication as rather a feeble substitute for decadence.

Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.

A myth is a lie that conceals or reveals a truth. But if it reveals even a strand of history or truth, that's what gets my adrenaline going.