Ambitious princes value inherited kingdoms not so much as conquered provinces.

False friends are like our shadow, keeping close to us while we walk in the sunshine, but leaving us the instant we cross into the shade.

Doubt whom you will, but never yourself.

Our first and last love is self-love.

The scope of an intellect is not to be measured with a tape-string, or a character deciphered from the shape or length of a nose.

It is the passion that is in a kiss that gives to it its sweetness; it is the affection in a kiss that sanctifies it.

We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them.

The opinions of the misanthropical rest upon this very partial basis, that they adopt the bad faith of a few as evidence of the worthlessness of all.

The lively and mercurial are as open books, with the leaves turned down at the notable passages. Their souls sit at the windows of their eyes, seeing and to be seen.

Tears are nature's lotion for the eyes. The eyes see better for being washed by them.

The passions are like fire, useful in a thousand ways and dangerous only in one, through their excess.

Ish #21 "Stop saying the only meat you eat is chicken. It's still meat!

The nation is trying to make Chile a country of proprietors, not of proletarians.

It is not an easy thing to do [found the tone right away].

I would never say never to returning to comedy.

Never try to time the bond market. Anyone who claims to know the future of interest rates is certifiable.

Nature endows us with the feeling that moves us in all our musical experiences; we might call her gift instinct.

Parents need to be more accepting of who their kids are and less concerned about what society thinks they need to be.

My son Jack once said to me, 'Dad, do you think people are laughing with you or at you?' And I said, 'I don't care as long as they're laughing.'

Christianity, to be effective in Japan, must change.

That was my goal in portraying Jesse Owens: bringing that level of humanity so people could understand who he was as a person.