But I, that am not shaped for sportive tricks, Nor made to court an amorous looking-glass; I, that am rudely stamped, and want love's majesty To strut before a wanton ambling nymph.

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.

It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

No legacy is so rich as honesty.

God has given you one face, and you make yourself another.

It is not in our stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

The Eyes are the window to your soul

What a terrible era in which idiots govern the blind.

Hell is empty and all the devils are here.

One paid for one's knowledge with one's skin.

There's no idea in the world that is not contained by black life. I could write forever about the black experience in America.

It's getting tougher and tougher to defeat ISIS, because they're in more and more places, more and more states, more and more nations.

Even during the rationing period, during World War II, we didn't have the anxiety that we'd starve, because we grew our own potatoes, you know? And our own hogs, and our own cows and stuff, you know.

So much greater is our thirst for glory than for virtue.

I've never lost my cool. Even in love affairs. If you have Plan B and Plan C, you are all the time relaxed.

Let us never accept the point of view that mysteries are written by hacks. The poorest of us shed our blood over every chapter. The best of us start from scratch with every new book.

I can be a good friend, or a bad enemy.

If you have fairy blood, even in the tiniest degree, you must live close to Fairy Land, and eat a little fairy food, or else you will always be hungry.

I half-punched a paparazzo once. I've hit a few people.