I believe everything to be just when a king ordains it.

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.

The worst bullies you will ever encounter in your life are your own thoughts.

The person who failed often knows how to avoid future failures. The person who knows only success can be more oblivious to all the pitfalls.

People in love always tried to match the singles together, but what they didn't realize was that some people were meant to be alone. There was nothing wrong with that.

I got involved in Gateway National Park and just became fascinated with gardens.

It is not male hatred of women but male fear of women that is the great universal.

I think acting is a mixture of instinct, imagination and inventiveness. All you can learn as an actor is basic technique.

Improv requires your audience to be informed about what improv is. With stand-up, anybody can sit down and watch stand-up and laugh at jokes.

I have always believed in dialogue and in nonviolence, and if you look at my background you will see that it has always been my policy to talk to everyone.

Often we don't have a good notion of what our talents are, because we have never had a chance to try them out.

The first duty of a government is to give education to the people.