He who is hated by all can not expect to live long.

The greater the effort, the greater the glory.

A liar is always lavish of oaths.

Self-love is the source of all our other loves.

Heaven often regulates effects by their causes, and pays the wicked what they have deserved.

When there is no peril in the fight there is no glory in the triumph.

The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.

Clemency is the noblest trait which can reveal a true monarch to the world.

To take revenge halfheartedly is to court disaster; either condemn or crown your hatred.

He who plays advisor is no longer ambassador.

Time is a great manager: it arranges things well.

Creativity should be integral to everything that we do. Creativity should also be intrinsic to our personality, if excellence is what we seek.

Take a risk on messy. Live Fearlessly. Love recklessly. Most of all, just love.

A society that forgets about art risks loslng its soul.

Shall Earth no more inspire thee, Thou lonely dreamer now?

He was an embittered atheist, the sort of atheist who does not so much disbelieve in God as personally dislike Him.

I never think of myself as different from anyone else.

When I got married, the Sun ran the headline: "Here comes the bride, all fat and wide." Luckily, it was a few days after the wedding - but it was still hideous to read at a great romantic moment.

After 'Roe v. Wade' - when the U.S. Supreme Court legalized abortion in 1973 - I thought the national conversation about abortion and birth control would be over. It was not.

A musician carries the music within him. He needs no specific instrument. he is the music.

Embrace with tender affection the whole of humanity, especially the poorest, the weakest, the least important.