For my eightieth year warns me to pack up my baggage before I leave life.

Divine Nature gave the fields, human art built the cities.

Divine nature gave us fields, human skill built our cities. -Divina natura dedit agros, ars humana aedificavit urbes

He who flees at the right time can fight again.

He who overlooks a healthy spot for the site of his house is mad and ought to be handed over to the care of his relations and friends.

It is necessary for men to be deceived in religion.

Nature made the fields and man the cities.

The longest part of the journey is said to be the passing of the gate.

The number of guests at dinner should not be less than the number of the Graces nor exceed that of the Muses, i.e., it should begin with three and stop at nine.

Not all who own a harp are harpers.

The gods help those who help themselves.

Better the comfort of a lie than the absurdity of the truth.

The Internet empowers individuals to play a more active role in the political process, as Obama's campaign has manifested.

People nearly always believe, and are willing to back it up with weapons and cruelty, that their religion and way of life is better than the other person's

Let me tell you that every misery I miss is a new blessing. [Not only be grateful for the good that you have but also for the bad you don't!]

A tuna steak and a salad? Seventy bucks. Welcome to Los Angeles.

When I was very young I never thought I was attractive, because I was a tomboy and I was always the biggest girl in the class.

Substantial proportions of the population did not see health as the most important thing in life - and these were more likely to be people with more, rather than less, education.

We're not trying to be something we aren't; rather, we're reconnecting with who we are.

I didn't want to look like anyone else - like Janis Joplin or Grace Slick. That's why I never went to any of the big designers.

I think that people like getting their money's worth, so it's cool to have a load of bands in a similar genre.