Ambition displeases when it has been sated ... having reached the peak, it aspires to descend.

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.

Let me ask you a question Alex. What do you think is the greatest evil on this plant today?""Is that including, or not including you?

Tension is the Mirror of our Past.

He [Harry Bosch] defined good company not by the conversation but by the lack of it. When there was no need to talk to feel comfortable, that was the right company

Friends enhance our ability to think and act.

My definition of a sport is that it's a physical activity that involves competition. Since bodybuilders certainly train and then compete, we are certainly a sport.

You're the oddest person I've ever met, you couldn't get rid of me if you tried.

You can't really control how people hear stuff. It's hard to remember that. I have to let go of it.

Behold congenial Autumn comes, the Sabbath of the Year.

Bad improvisers block action, often with a high degree of skill. Good improvisers develop action.

You don't have to be doing vocal acrobatics or singing all over the scale to have soul.