Cruelty ever proceeds from a vile mind, and often from a cowardly heart.

When the devil grows old he turns hermit.

From heresy, frenzy and jealousy, good Lord deliver me.

I regret not death. I am going to meet my friends in another world.

For rarely man escapes his destiny.

Nature made him, and then broke the mold.

Who seems most hideous when adorned the most.

Man proposes, and God disposes.

For rarely man escapes his destiny. [It., Che l'uomo il suo destin fugge di raro.]

Such fire was not by water to be drown'd, Nor he his nature changed by changing ground. [Lat., Ne spegner puo per star nell'acqua il foco; Ne puo stato mutar per mutar loco.]

I wanted to live in your heart and in your dreams.I wanted to enjoy your love, laughter and screams.

...big, strapping macho guys were like liquid diets--they were great for emergencies, but she wouldn't want to be on one all the time.

The bigoted, the narrow minded, the stubborn, and the perpetually optimistic have all stopped learning.

That’s what it takes to be a hero, a little gem of innocence inside you that makes you want to believe that there still exists a right and wrong, that decency will somehow triumph in the end.

But, in making the sacrifices that the Government asks us to make, we are not protecting our freedom. We are giving away our freedom in exchange for a false sense of security.

Of all our faults the one that we excuse most easily is idleness.

It is exciting to hear one of your fondest ideas formulated in one fell swoop, better than you could have done yourself.

We don't think that we're begging for anything. We think we're demanding what is ours by right.

I’m frightened that one morning there will not be enough to keep me going.

Doing stand-up is like running across a frozen pond with the ice breaking behind you. I love it because it's dangerous.