Euripides says,-Who knows but that this life is really death,And whether death is not what men call life?

Courage, my boy! that is the complexion of virtue.

As some say, Solon was the author of the apophthegm, "Nothing in excess.

There is a written and an unwritten law. The one by which we regulate our constitutions in our cities is the written law; that which arises from customs is the unwritten law.

Bury me on my face," said Diogenes; and when he was asked why, he replied, "Because in a little while everything will be turned upside down.

Anaxagoras said to a man who was grieving because he was dying in a foreign land, "The descent to Hades is the same from every place.

Diogenes, when asked from what country he came, replied, "I am a citizen of the world."

He used to say that it was better to have one friend of great value than many friends who were good for nothing.

Sacrifice to the Graces.

Antisthenes used to say that envious people were devoured by their own disposition, just as iron is by rust.

Aristippus being asked what were the most necessary things for well-born boys to learn, said, "Those things which they will put in practice when they become men.

For me, religion is like a rhinoceros: I don't have one, and I'd really prefer not to be trampled by yours.

A fiery spirit bursts from your soul.

I'm not that lazy, but I don't need that much money. I lead a fairly simple life.

I do mostly portraits. So it's just people's faces, not really any ideas.

It's amazing how you don't realize just how alone and scared you were until you have someone by your side to support you.

For me, I've lived a life as an athlete.

Ideas are information taking shape.

There is no prodigy in our profession. If you see all the great singer of the past, none of them are.

Children's games are hardly games. Children are never more serious than when they play.

"It doesn't matter how long it takes." She thought of him, of them, the lifetime already shared. "It's how long it lasts."