I do not drink more than a sponge.

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.

Evolve and see what comes with you anything that doesn't has taught you all you need to know.

Actions are based on attitues but behaviours based on character

He rightly reads scripture who turns words into deeds.

It is not what we choose that is important; it is the reason we choose it.

I used to be a child. It came naturally to me. I was an adult for a time, too. That came less naturally.

The arts in America exist in spite of America, not because of America.

I'm a woman, but I've been a sexist, too.

Opening a book in the middle of a chapter always made me feel like I was interrupting a group of strangers, wandering unannounced into their villages and apartments and taxis and slums.

Thou sufferest justly: for thou choosest rather to become good to-morrow than to be good to-day.

I will never give up politics. I've tried to give it up three times, but I never made it. Politics mobilizes me. I won't last long if I give it up.