Dignity, in private men and in governments, has been little else than a stately and stiff perseverance in oppression; and spirit, as it is called, little else than the foam of hard-mouthed insolence.

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.

If you do not control your circumstance, you will be controlled by your circumstance. The choice is yours.

I don't know what's worse by number in America, the vacant houses standing, or the homeless people falling into them.

To produce a primary [karmic] cause which is potentially capable of having an effect, three things are necessary: intention, the actual action, and then satisfaction.

Going back to something is harder than you think."I don't suppose I could have broken my mother's heart any more if I tried.

Eat bread at pleasure drink wine by measure.

The artist's task consists of making one thing of many, and a world from the smallest part of a thing.

If a currency is to become a growing, an increasing reserve currency, there has to be not only a demand for it there has to be a supply of it.

I believe in a sound, strong environmental policy that protects the health of our people and a wise stewardship of our nation's natural resources.

My philosophy is that one shall not resort to violence unless one is resolved to become the subject of violence at any time.

I ain't really sure, but it seems I remember the good times