As far as the stars are from the earth, and as different as fire is from water, so much do self-interest and integrity differ.

The gods conceal from men the happiness of death, that they may endure life

Poverty, the mother of manhood. Also, the mother of prostitution.

The abode of God, too, is wherever is earth and sea and air, and sky and virtue. Why further do we seek the Gods of heaven? Whatever thou dost behold and whatever thou dost touch, that is Jupiter.

The prosperous man does not know whether he is loved.

An idle life always produces varied inclinations.

Not a stone but has its history.

There stands the shadow of a glorious name.

A crime which is the crime of many none avenge.

As great edifices collapse of their own weight, so Heaven sets a similar limit to the growth of prosperous states.

Thus each person by his fears gives wings to rumor, and, without any real source of apprehension, men fear what they themselves have imagined.

There is a limit to how much you can embrace a moment. But there is no limit to how much you can appreciate it.

God calls ignorance the rejection of knowledge, which simply means it is actually a choice to be ignorant.

This is [her] soul group.’What do you mean?’It’s a group of souls with whom she resonates closely.

Life isn't about living the longest

A mother's love for her child is like nothing else in the world. It knows no aw no pity it dares all things and crushes down remorselessly all that stands in its path.

We relish news of our heroes, forgetting that we are extraordinary to somebody too.

War should never be entered upon until every agency of peace has failed.

Taste is only to be educated by contemplation, not of the tolerably good but of the truly excellent.

But, you know, I'm presiding over an institution that was designed not to work.

I think Neuer changed the game of goalkeeping in the World Cup.