A true king is neither husband nor father he considers his throne and nothing else.

The greater the effort, the greater the glory.

A liar is always lavish of oaths.

Self-love is the source of all our other loves.

Heaven often regulates effects by their causes, and pays the wicked what they have deserved.

When there is no peril in the fight there is no glory in the triumph.

The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.

Clemency is the noblest trait which can reveal a true monarch to the world.

To take revenge halfheartedly is to court disaster; either condemn or crown your hatred.

He who plays advisor is no longer ambassador.

Time is a great manager: it arranges things well.

I can bow to fear and flee the pursuit of great things. I can bow to God and engage in the pursuit of making things great.

Create and nurture a mindset that works for you rather than against you.

Humor is the only way to tell a story. Especially the dark ones.

The first thing that attracts me to any script is the writing. If I find myself becoming lost in a good yarn, then I feel certain that others will, too.

What a horrible thing yellow is.

I was very skinny and very lanky and kind of awkward. In Puerto Rico everybody is a little more voluptuous, with these beautiful bodies and there I was the skinny lanky girl.

Spirit is matter seen in a stronger light. What else did Malebranche mean when he spoke of "seeing all things in God"? Existence is a mystery because the light of it is inexhaustible.

I wonder at the idleness of tears.

What All The World Knows Water is the principle, or the element, of things. All things are water.

You shouldn't imagine things that you haven't a shred of proof happened.