“Irony is the gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom.”

“None will ever be a true Parisian who has not learned to wear a mask of gaiety over his sorrows and one of sadness, boredom, or indifference over his inward joy.”

“A certain cynicism, born of the life she has led; a streak of strange wisdom; the wistfulness behind the gaiety; sometimes fear; and nearly always the memory of loneliness that hurts the soul.”

“She had that irony in her eyes. Knowledge without wisdom. Power without purpose. Like me.”

“Philosophy … bears witness to the deepest love of reflection, to absolute delight in wisdom.”

“Because you’re a creation of God, you reflect the Divine qualities of creativity, wisdom, and love.”

“Reflect upon the providence and wisdom of God in all created things and praise Him in them all.”

“I don't turn to greeting cards for wisdom and advice, but they are a fine reflection of the general drift of the culture.”

“Let us not believe that it is enough to read without unction, to speculate without devotion, to investigate without wonder, to observe without joy, to act without godly zeal, to know without love, to understand without humility, to strive without divine grace, or to reflect as a mirror without divinely inspired wisdom.”

“The irony of those who are willing to do plastic surgery, facelifts or whatever just to look beautiful. Many of them forget the fact that beauty is not fully reflected in what other people see.”