Clemency is the noblest trait which can reveal a true monarch to the world.

The greater the effort, the greater the glory.

A liar is always lavish of oaths.

Self-love is the source of all our other loves.

Heaven often regulates effects by their causes, and pays the wicked what they have deserved.

When there is no peril in the fight there is no glory in the triumph.

The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.

To take revenge halfheartedly is to court disaster; either condemn or crown your hatred.

He who plays advisor is no longer ambassador.

Time is a great manager: it arranges things well.

The man who pardons easily courts injury.

There’s a way to live like a god.

One of her favorite lines was, "The difference between genius and stupidity s that genius has limits.

You can't do it unless you can imagine it.

Tender are a mother's dreams, But her babe's not what he seems. See him plotting in his mind To grow up some other kind.

The United States stands willing to work with a transformed Palestinian Authority with new leaders coming to the front.

The Navy-Marine Corps team is unique in history because its mobility and versatility permit it to make a contribution in virtually every medium of warfare: land, sea and air.

It was a beautiful letdown, the day I knew, that all the riches this world had to offer me, will never do.

Confidentially, the type of male I find most enjoyable for a friend is one who has enough fire and assurance to speak up for his convictions.

I mean, I'm obviously not one of those people who's so beautiful women take their clothes off when I walk into the room. I didn't become a star overnight.

The cynicism that regards hero worship as comical is always shadowed by a sense of physical inferiority