I say that the art of sculpture is eight times as great as any other art based on drawing, because a statue has eight views and they must all be equally good.

Let everyone witness how many different cards fortune has up her sleeve when she wants to ruin a man.

All works of nature created by God in heaven and on earth are works of sculpture.

One can pass on responsibility, but not the discretion that goes with it.

Withersoever the wheel of Fortune turns, Virtue stands firm upon her feet.

There are many kinds of conceit, but the chief one is to let people know what a very ancient and gifted family one descends from.

Cats of good breed hunt better fat than lean.

Laws cannot be imposed on him who is the master of the law.

The laws can't be enforced against the man who is the laws' master.

When the poor give to the rich, the devil laughs.

The more I love, the more I get lost in love.

Most people have to talk so they won't hear.

The days of the future stand in front of us Like a line of candles all alight Golden and warm and lively little candles.

I would hate for climate change to be accepted simply because everyone was dying.

There are lots of countries that are having these kinds of internal civil wars in other parts of the world and nobody is talking about intervening.

So you're quite right that when... as the Cold War grew and expanded out of Europe, we ourselves had to take refuge behind the shield of the Monroe Doctrine.

Confidence takes constant nurturing, like a bed, it must be remade every day.

Think about the world you want to live and work in. What do you need to know to build the world? Demand that your teachers teach you that.

As a child I thought it was very boring when I had to sit with [my mother] on the city streets, but the time sank deep and surfaced later.

Europe's biggest problem is its success.