I will keep where there is wit stirring, and leave the faction of fools.

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.

It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

No legacy is so rich as honesty.

God has given you one face, and you make yourself another.

It is not in our stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

The Eyes are the window to your soul

What a terrible era in which idiots govern the blind.

Hell is empty and all the devils are here.

Why don’t you focus on where you’re going and less on where you came from?

Jean Paul Sartre says in "No Exit" that hell is other people. Well, our task in life is to make it heaven. Or at least earth.

It's my feeling that any writer can get an emotion into a story without being sentimental as long as the emotion is dealt with honestly, with sufficient clarity, and detail.

The real artist while he paints does not think of the sale, only of the need to make a beautiful living thing.

Adapting to climate change: It really is time for action...we are on a never-ending road; this is with us for the rest of our natural lives

Morale is good; troops are confident; leaders are capable.

I always watch what I say. I am what I say.

Writers tell more truths, and more lies, than most.

Maybe everyone is a little too reassuring that things are going to be OK to college graduates. It gives them a false sort of security.

We shall use only peaceful means and we shall not permit any other kind of method.