A man's vanity tells him what is honour a man's conscience what is justice.

The spirit of Greece, passing through and ascending above the world, hath so animated universal nature, that the very rocks and woods, the very torrents and wilds burst forth with it.

No ashes are lighter than those of incense, and few things burn out sooner.

There is nothing on earth divine except humanity.

Truth, like the juice of the poppy, in small quantities, calms men; in larger, heats and irritates them, and is attended by fatal consequences in excess.

We are no longer happy so soon as we wish to be happier.

A man's vanity tells him what is honor, a man's conscience what is justice.

My thoughts are my company; I can bring them together, select them, detain them, dismiss them.

Friendship is a vase, which, when it is flawed by heat, or violence, or accident, may as well be broken at once; it can never be trusted after.

The Siren waits thee, singing song for song.

A good cook is the peculiar gift of the gods. He must be a perfect creature from the brain to the palate, from the palate to the finger's end.

It's time for you to be the hero of your own journey.

Careful with what you know and what you experience. Sometimes, closed mouth with memories is better than opened mouth with stories.

Suffice it to say, I'm not poor.

Thou art moist and soft clay; thou must instantly be shaped by the glowing wheel. [Lat., Udum et molle lutum es: nunc, nunc properandus et acri Fingendus sine fine rota.]

I do, however, think it would be difficult to write books I don't like to read.

The fact is that automobiles no longer have a place in the big cities of our time.

We all suffer alone in the real world; true empathy's impossible.

We can’t turn life into a pleasure. But we can choose such pleasures as are worthy of us and our immortal souls.

I see the triumph of good over evil as a manifestation of the error-correcting process of evolution.

Looking for love is like asking for a new point of departure ... another chance in life.