Be swift to hear, slow to speak.

The middle course is the best.

Learn to bear bravely changes of fortune.

Be superior to pleasure.

Safeguard the health of both body and soul.

Be fond of hearing rather than of talking.

We should render a service to a friend to bind him closer to us, and to an enemy in order to make a friend of him.

Be ready for reconciliation after quarrels.

If you would tell me the heart of a man, tell me not what he reads, but what he rereads.

We met in a school elevator, and he could tell from the way I spoke that we had some sadness in common.

Believe in Luck only when yo can direct it into a possible outcome

We are nothing but shadows Fading away Trying to hold on to This bittersweet life That we call our own...

Go to Venice. Find Scorpia. And you will find your destiny.

When religion stops talking about animals it will be all downhill.

A verbose, prosaic review which mentions whistling winds and the timeless feeling of jade doesn't mean anything to me; I don't need a novella telling me about how an album is like a fine meal.

I have a toy giraffe on my bed. I've got photographs over my desk as well as a mask of a giraffe in my kitchen. I am totally hooked.

My latest found, Heaven's last, best gift, my ever new delight!

I know what I want to do and it makes sense to get going.