Cruelty, if we consider it as a crime, is the greatest of all; if we consider it as a madness, we are equally justifiable in applying to it the readiest and the surest means of oppression.

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.

When you seek first to develop relationships based on personal and human ground, you will surely gain interest of another party.

sometimes the human race likes to crank things up a little. They increase the production of bodies and their escaping souls.

Treat your anger with the utmost respect and tenderness, for it is no other than yourself.

We found the time and we put in the effort because being a label that different women can wear is really important to us.

Ensemble is hard to do. It's like 3-D chess.

I have lived: tomorrow the Father may fill the sky with black clouds or with cloudless sunshine.

I have always tried to make profitable films because people's offices shut down if films fail, and I will do everything to avoid that.

You must have been warned against letting the golden hours slip by; but some of them are golden only because we let them slip by.

It's necessary to start most work alone. But I'm tickled to death when I can pull somebody in or join someone, whether it's borrowing poetry or traveling with an associate.

I dont watch TV. I dont use a computer, a fax or a cellphone.