Fortune is the best school of courage when she is fraught with anger, in the same way as winds and tempests are the school of the sailorboy.

It is the just decree of Heaven that a traitor never sees his danger till his ruin is at hand.

Prepare thy soul calmly to obey; such offering will be more acceptable to God than every other sacrifice.

Love is a feeling that comes into our hearts of our own choice for neither force nor harshness can limit the heart's freedom.

The eye that gazes upon the sun sees not the orb it looks upon, confounded by the excess of its brightness.

Every noble acquisition is attended with its risks; he who fears to encounter the one must not expect to obtain the other.

The pilot who is always dreading a rock or a tempest must not complain if he remain a poor fisherman. We must at times trust, something to fortune, for fortune has often some share in what happens.

The canker which the trunk conceals is revealed by the leaves, the fruit, or the flower.

Cowards' weapons neither cut nor pierce.

If the internal griefs of every man could be read, written on his forehead, how many who now excite envy would appear to be the objects of pity?

High birth is an accident, not a virtue.

It is human nature to think wisely and to act in an absurd fashion.

What came is gone forever every time

I'm not the Carter who'll never tell a lie.

My father was like the token bad white guy in all the old Jackie Chan/Bruce Lee films.

The Supreme Court has ruled that anybody can be strip-searched for any kind of arrest. That's something to think about the next time you bring 12 items into a 10-item-or-less lane.

Fears, even the most basic ones, can totally destroy our ambitions. Fear, if left unchecked, can destroy our lives. Fear is one of the many enemies lurking inside us.

You're...a demon hunter?' 'It's not as exciting as it sounds,' he said. 'There is a surprising amount of paperwork involved.

In the beginning I just was dreaming about working in fashion at all, no matter what the role would be, and it just seemed so unlikely. I was living in San Diego and it seemed so far away.

I don't even have children, it's just been an excuse to play jenga and hit softballs in my backyard with a box of laundry detergant wearing baby clothes.

The best possible thing in baseball is winning The World Series. The second best thing is losing The World Series.