Every sect is a moral check on its neighbour. Competition is as wholesome in religion as in commerce.

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.

El amor de Cristo nos ayuda a mirar más allá del amor de otros.

Know what your strengths are, but also keep in mind what your weaknesses are; always work on your weaknesses.

You need to believe in yourself and what you do. Be tenacious and genuine.

Motherhood is not for the faint-hearted. Frogs, skinned knees, and the insults of teenage girls are not meant for the wimpy.

How can you be that which you possess? You cannot be the horse and rider at the same time. Herein lies the secret of mortality and immortality.

It'll destroy you if you try to make it mean anything to anyone but yourself.

The costume that I wear on the show is a little snug and doesn't leave a whole lot to the imagination. I don't have a problem with it because of the way this character's been written.

We've got a big happy, one corporate family now uniting the corporate Democrats and the corporate Republicans.

Acting is kind of brutal.

Flying used to be so great but now it's more of a trial.