Envy depreciates the genius of the great Homer.

My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope.

A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace.

Quarrels are the dowry which married folk bring one another.

Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.

Make the workmanship surpass the materials.

Love is no assignment for cowards.

Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all.

The man who has experienced shipwreck shudders even at a calm sea.

Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.

If you want to be loved, be lovable.

Making a decision to write was a lot like deciding to jump into a frozen lake.

The sun burnt every day. It burnt time.

Taken together the Internet reads like the grandest character-driven novel humanity has ever known. Not much plot though.

What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the soul.

I insist on believing that beauty elevates human beings.

I have men in my life. I have a brother. So Maddox will have male teachers. I was raised without a father.

Just be loving. You also have to recognize that you need to take the focus off yourself and put it on your children to give them a proper start in life.

The UN could help the Iraqi government get on its feet and help the United States withdraw a bit more.

Ballet is such a disciplined craft and it has given me a good grounding.

They are representations of many shared hours of collaboration between us all. That's the real nature of the relationship the orchestra and I are trying to build.