How comes it that you curse, Frere Jean? It's only, said the monk, in order to embellish my language. They are the colors of Ciceronian rhetoric.

To good and true love fear is forever affixed.

We always long for the forbidden things, and desire what is denied us.

A habit does not a monk make.

Tell the truth and shame the devil.

A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.

Keep running after a dog and he will never bite you.

If the skies fall, one may hope to catch larks.

If you wish to avoid seeing a fool, you must first break your mirror

You have no obligation under the sun other than to discover your real needs, to fulfill them, and to rejoice in doing so.

Ignorance is the mother of all evils.

If you are anything other than humbled in the presence of love, you are not in the presence of love.

I've always been very, very supportive of fan cultures. I'm a fan of all kinds of things.

Once you establish a look, and once everybody recognizes that look as your look, you never have to think about fashion again.

You might be a redneck if Santa Claus refuses to let your kids sit in his lap.

Immigration policy should be generous; it should be fair; it should be flexible. With such a policy we can turn to the world, and to our own past, with clean hands and a clear conscience.

We are the consciousness of the earth. We are the eyes of the earth. The voice of the earth.

Comedy takes a very specific technique, specific skills.

Silence is so accurate.

Sometimes dangerous paths are the only paths leading to the safest paths. In these cases, do not hesitate to take the dangerous roads!

We all have the means to be prosperous. We have to find the balance between our wealth and our needs