Good fortune is a god among men, and more than a god.

He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God.

In war, truth is the first casualty.

Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.

There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief.

Zeus, first cause, prime mover; for what thing without Zeus is done among mortals?

It is an easy thing for one whose foot is on the outside of calamity to give advice and to rebuke the sufferer.

Better to die on your feet than live on your knees.

The air is Zeus, Zeus earth, and Zeus the heaven, Zeus all that is, and what transcends them all.

For there is no defense for a man who, in the excess of his wealth, has kicked the great altar of Justice out of sight.

By polluting clear water with slime you will never find good drinking water.

The one who pulls the puppet strings knows fairytales can heal.

It wasn't normal, it was quite far from normal, but they were hers and she loved everything about them.

The story's what matters; spelling's overrated.

A disappointment is not generally an oversight. It might just be the best one can do the situation being what it is. The genuine error is to quit attempting.

Thank God, men that art greatly guilty are never wise.

Fool you once, you are forgiven. Fool you twice, you're just a fool.

'The Producers' is a sort of a once in a lifetime kind of phenomenon, and I was grateful to be a part of it.

Every moment of your life is infinitely creative and the universe is endlessly bountiful

We have a pope [Francis] who's very popular among the Catholic faithful and non-Catholics, but there's no doubt he's going to continue to face resistance from conservatives inside the church.

The past can hurt. But the way I see it, you can either run from it, or learn from it.