He hath freedom whoso beareth a clean and constant heart within.

Let no one weep for me, or celebrate my funeral with mourning; for I still live, as I pass to and fro through the mouths of men.

No one regards what is before his feet; we all gaze at the stars.

The idle mind knows not what it wants.

The wise man is wise in vain who cannot be wise to his own advantage. [Lat., Nequicquam sapere sapientem, qui ipse sibi prodesse non quiret.]

He who civilly shows the way to one who has missed it, is as one who has lighted another's lamp from his own lamp; it none the less gives light to himself when it burns for the other.

He who has two languages has two souls.

Whom men fear they hate, and whom they hate, they wish dead.

How can life be worth living, if devoid Of the calm trust reposed by friend in friend? What sweeter joy than in the kindred soul, Whose converse differs not from self-communion?

A true friend is distinguished in the crisis of hazard and necessity; when the gallantry of his aid may show the worth of his soul and the loyalty of his heart.

The victor is not victorious if the vanquished does not consider himself so

A person who does not know himself... can not commit to another person. Without being genuine to yourself you are unable to be genuine to anyone else.

This is a woman whose belly is filled with pride. She has been eating nothing but her own ambition for nearly thirty years.

Knowledge and courage take turns at greatness.

I'll not punish you for having an imagination.

It's never too late to turn things around. You are the only obstacle.

Actually, the reason I look like this is because my father was from Sweden and my mother was Elton John.

There is nothing more poetic than the truth. He who does not see poetry in it will always be a poor versifier outside of it.

The proprietor, producing neither by his own labor nor by his implement, and receiving products in exchange for nothing, is either a parasite or a thief.

I don't like Switzerland; it has produced nothing but theologians and waiters.

Life is a movie; death is a photograph.