Beauty doesn’t see itself and when it does something is lost.

Love is a beautiful tapestry woven by two people and the moment it is complete they keep going until they unpick every thread.

You can never trust a spy. Even your own.

It was Salvador Dalí who said the red wine of Cadaqués has the bitter taste of tears.

The only cure for a headache is a hangover.

Sunflowers know the secret of life is to follow the sun.

If all your dreams have broken and gone, if you feel isolated in your own private world, go out this minute and buy a sunflower. Place it on a sunny shelf, give it a little water every day – not too much – and as its big yellow face turns to the sun you will feel your lips lift in a smile knowing that you have learned the secret life of sunflowers.

I was a stranger in the strange land of the rich and was coming to see that they do things differently there.

A skeleton key opens many locks.

The secret of getting things done quickly is not to hurry.