Corrupt seeds bring forth corrupt plants.

Talking much is a sign of vanity, for the one who is lavish with words is cheap in deeds.

But from this earth, this grave, this dust, My God shall raise me up, I trust.

If all the world and love were young, And truth in every shepherd's tongue, These pretty pleasures might me move To live with thee, and be thy love.

But true love is a durable fire, In the mind ever burning, Never sick, never old, never dead, From itself never turning.

The most divine light only shineth on those minds which are purged from all worldly dross and human uncleanliness.

But it is hard to know them from friends, they are so obsequious and full of protestations; for a wolf resembles a dog, so doth a flatterer a friend.

[It is a basic principle of a tyrant] to unarm his people of weapons, money and all means whereby they resist his power.

So the heart be right, it is no matter which way the head lieth.

It is not truth, but opinion that can travel the world without a passport.

Whoever commands the sea, commands the trade; whosoever commands the trade of the world commands the riches of the world, and consequently the world itself.

Hopes are plants, which need care, love, and irrigation.

If history repeats itself, I am so getting a dinosaur!

The problem is not the problem. The problem is your attitude about the problem

A favor tardily bestowed is no favor; for a favor quickly granted is a more agreeable favor.

When I run across something that feels like a real eye-opener, it's gonna have an influence on me forever.

God's desire is that we excel.

Economy is a great revenue. [Lat., Magnum vectigal est parsimonia.]

Of the crow-blue mussel shells, one keeps adjusting the ash heaps; opening and shutting itself like an injured fan.

Every designer needs a story. Mine is all about glamour.

We are living at the moment in revolutionary times. Argentineans probably are more aware of it than anybody else, because they tasted it several years earlier - but now the whole world is in trouble.