“My dear girl, you must cultivate a taste for the finer things. Civilized pleasures give meaning to life.”

“A person with taste is merely one who can recognize the greatest beauty in the simplest things.”

“Life was life. It happened. You never knew what was going to come at you. Or how you could defend yourself.”

“It's all right, darling. I'll finish the financial report on my own. I can think clearly before sex and stay awake afterwards. That's one of the nice things about being a woman.”

“He who ascends to mountaintops, shall find The loftiest peaks most wrapt in clouds and snow; He who surpasses or subdues mankind Must look down on the hate of those below”

“Priceless things matter not for their value, but because they offer us an enduring reminder of stability and permanence.”

“Life always gets harder towards the summit - the cold increases, responsibility increases”