Deep-seated are the wounds of civil brawls.

The gods conceal from men the happiness of death, that they may endure life

Poverty, the mother of manhood. Also, the mother of prostitution.

The abode of God, too, is wherever is earth and sea and air, and sky and virtue. Why further do we seek the Gods of heaven? Whatever thou dost behold and whatever thou dost touch, that is Jupiter.

As far as the stars are from the earth, and as different as fire is from water, so much do self-interest and integrity differ.

The prosperous man does not know whether he is loved.

An idle life always produces varied inclinations.

Not a stone but has its history.

There stands the shadow of a glorious name.

A crime which is the crime of many none avenge.

As great edifices collapse of their own weight, so Heaven sets a similar limit to the growth of prosperous states.

Worry leads to worry.

If we must have a tyrant, let him at least be a gentleman who has been bred to the business, and let us fall by the axe and not by the butcher's cleaver.

I only know that when Jesus is with a person, that one can endure the deepest suffering and somehow emerge a better and stronger Christian because of it.

Some of the things people have said about me, well, they're unbelievable

Every creative person can draft into service those around them who exhibit the right mixture of intelligence, insight, and grace.

A work of fiction is conceived very much the same way as a dream occurs in the mind of a sleeper.

The beginnings of all things are small.

I went out to Mount Kilimanjaro, which I thought was very beautiful, but there were a lot of people there.

There is no power in the world that can stop the forward march of free men and women when they are joined in the solidarity of human brotherhood.