I maintain, against the enemies of the stage, that patterns of piety, decently represented, may second the precepts.

Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul.

Self-defense is Nature's eldest law.

…So when the last and dreadful hour This crumbling pageant shall devour, The trumpet shall be heard on high, The dead shall live, the living die, And Music shall untune the sky

He with a graceful pride, While his rider every hand survey'd, Sprung loose, and flew into an escapade; Not moving forward, yet with every bound Pressing, and seeming still to quit his ground.

When he spoke, what tender words he used! So softly, that like flakes of feathered snow, They melted as they fell.

Fool that I was, upon my eagle's wings I bore this wren, till I was tired with soaring, and now he mounts above me.

Dead men tell no tales.

Dancing is the poetry of the foot.

The sooner you treat your son as a man, the sooner he will be one.

Fortune befriends the bold.

Taxation is robbery based on monopoly of weapons

There is no humility in calling yourself a Christian

Their confidence gives those they lead the assurance that their words and their actions are reliable.

At the other end of the room the three old men discussed infirmities

Pamela was beautiful, it was true, and I felt that submerged attraction to her that everyone felt for the beautiful.

For Democrats to win, they're going to have to address the needs of working people. They're going to have to address the needs of the middle class.

The concern that I have is that, as wealth continues to concentrate in the hands of a few, economic inequality grows, and power also becomes more unequal.

The enslaver is enslaved, the hater, harmed.

Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.

Good comedy doesn't have to be a comedy idea.