From lightest words sometimes the direst quarrel springs.

Wise men profit more from fools than fools from wise men; for the wise men shun the mistakes of fools, but fools do not imitate the successes of the wise.

Those who are serious in ridiculous matters will be ridiculous in serious matters.

I prefer to do right and get no thanks than to do wrong and receive no punishment.

After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one.

Furthermore, I think Carthage must be destroyed.

We cannot control the evil tongues of others; but a good life enables us to disregard them.

The hero saves us. Praise the hero! Now, who will save us from the hero?

I think the first virtue is to restrain the tongue; he approaches nearest to gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.

There is a wide difference between true courage and a mere contempt of life.

If you are ruled by mind you are a king; if by body, a slave.

The purpose of separation of church and state is to keep forever from these shores the ceaseless strife that has soaked the soil of Europe in blood for cent

Women lose their lives not knowing they can do something different..." from Two or Three Things i Know For Sure

Bare essentials. Like packing for paradise when you know you’re boarding the barge to hell.

He left the name at which the world grew pale To point a moral or adorn a tale.

Who am I?, the artist asks. And he devotes his whole life to finding out.

In any country, in any city, there will be political influence on what is said, what kind of images are to be projected and, yes, of course artists can be and are influenced by politicians.

Satire among the Romans, but not among the Greeks, was a bitter invective poem.

I turned around and headed back to the stairwell, planning to go downstairs and buy a chocolate bar from the vending machine. Maybe it would fall on me and end my misery.

Well I won't argue about the matter. You always want to argue about things. That is exactly what things were originally made for.

Television probably has become the most evocative, widely observed signpost we have.