Believe me, 'tis a godlike thing to lend; to owe is a heroic virtue.

To good and true love fear is forever affixed.

We always long for the forbidden things, and desire what is denied us.

A habit does not a monk make.

Tell the truth and shame the devil.

A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.

Keep running after a dog and he will never bite you.

If the skies fall, one may hope to catch larks.

If you wish to avoid seeing a fool, you must first break your mirror

You have no obligation under the sun other than to discover your real needs, to fulfill them, and to rejoice in doing so.

Ignorance is the mother of all evils.

In everyday life, we ought to extend kindness towards one another.

Captive Greece captured her rude conqueror

Facts don't care about your feelings.

In the morning, I practice 15 minutes of yoga.

You are not broken. You break again and again because that's what breaking means. To be whole.

Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises, for never intending to go beyond promise, it costs nothing.

Forty-seven years -- and I find I mind it less and less.

it ultimately doesn't matter which disease gnaws away at the body - it looks the same. The flesh surrenders, grows exhausted, and the eyes ask why.

The self-evident truth which makes men invincible is that inalienably they are inviolable persons.

The best thing I did was choose the right heroes.