A man whose life has been dishonourable is not entitled to escape disgrace in death.

Indeed, wretched the man whose fame makes his misfortunes famous.

A man can dignify his rank; no rank Can dignify a man.

Let people hate you so long as they fear you.

Not at all do I trust augurs, who enrich the ears of others, so that they can enrich their own homes with gold.

The anarch wages his own wars, even when marching in rank and file

I remembered that Beethoven's symphonies had sometimes been given names... they should have call [the Fifth] the Vampire, because it simply refused to lie down and die.

When you learn the language of divine love, everything become divine, miraculous and lovely.

If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real security that a man can have in this world is a reserve of knowledge experience and ability.

He is not to them what he is to me.

The more active I am, the better I feel and the longer I can stay onstage without losing my breath.

I don't ignore continuity, and try my best to stick as closely to the current status quo as possible, but it's not my primary concern when I start a story.

You ever talk about a movie with someone that read the book? They're always so condescending. 'Ah, the book was much better than the movie.' Oh really? What I enjoyed about the movie: no reading.

There's some great reality TV, and I'm not bagging on it completely.

People everywhere are the same; they are all people to be loved. They are all hungry for love.