Consult duty not events.

The spirit of Greece, passing through and ascending above the world, hath so animated universal nature, that the very rocks and woods, the very torrents and wilds burst forth with it.

No ashes are lighter than those of incense, and few things burn out sooner.

There is nothing on earth divine except humanity.

Truth, like the juice of the poppy, in small quantities, calms men; in larger, heats and irritates them, and is attended by fatal consequences in excess.

We are no longer happy so soon as we wish to be happier.

A man's vanity tells him what is honor, a man's conscience what is justice.

My thoughts are my company; I can bring them together, select them, detain them, dismiss them.

Friendship is a vase, which, when it is flawed by heat, or violence, or accident, may as well be broken at once; it can never be trusted after.

The Siren waits thee, singing song for song.

A good cook is the peculiar gift of the gods. He must be a perfect creature from the brain to the palate, from the palate to the finger's end.

The way I define happiness is being the creator of your experience, choosing to take pleasure in what you have, right now, regardless of the circumstances, while being the best you that you can be.

I'm the living embodiment of 'it could be worse'.

Woah, ' I said, blocking the doorway. 'You can't come in here. This is the girls' r

I asked a Burmese why women, after centuries of following their men, now walk ahead. He said there were many unexploded land mines since the war.

If Jesus Christ isn't the central figure in our lives and in our churches, we're only fooling ourselves.

A peep, peep, peep, another peep, and that's it.

Sportswriters are what make sports great and fun to watch.

If I had the knack I'd sing like Cherry flakes falling

Health care costs blunt the competitive edge of American entrepreneurs, from the auto industry to internet start-ups.

I'm one of those actors who likes to do it wrong nine ways before I come to the tenth way, which is the way I think it should be.