A certain peace is better and safer than a victory in prospect; the former is at your own disposal, the latter depends upon the gods.

Rome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness.

The populace is like the sea motionless in itself, but stirred by every wind, even the lightest breeze.

Men are slower to recognize blessings than evils.

A fraudulent intent, however carefully concealed at the outset, will generally, in the end, betray itself.

Adversity makes men remember God.

There is always more spirit in attack than in defence.

Shared danger is the strongest of bonds; it will keep men united in spite of mutual dislike and suspicion.

The old Romans all wished to have a king over them because they had not yet tasted the sweetness of freedom.

There is nothing worse than being ashamed of parsimony or poverty.

Great contests generally excite great animosities.

John: 'Have mercy. I don't want to die!'Sita: 'Then you should never have been born.

Human identity is no longer defined by what one does, but by what one owns. We worship self-indulgence & consumption.

A journey of the mind – a written vision quest – has only one goal: to interact with the world and attempt to develop the dormant intellectual and spiritual awareness of the author.

The tattoo has a profound meaning: the superficiality of modern man's existence.

I've always been quite thrifty. I can't bear to spend hundreds of pounds on designer clothes. I shop in second-hand shops in Portobello Road and go to Sue Ryder.

I think I'm more of a guardian angel girl.

Listen, the weather is just like Hillary's explanation for her war vote: we just don't know, do we?

I clearly saw the skeleton underneath all this show of personality what is left of a man and all his pride but bones?

Nothing is more beautiful and romantic than when provision and purpose kiss.

There are, of course, many, many, many good cinematographers and unfortunately they don't work as much as many of those people who do those crazy, stupid movies.