If by the people you understand the multitude, the hoi polloi, 'tis no matter what they think; they are sometimes in the right, sometimes in the wrong; their judgment is a mere lottery.

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.

If you don’t have the faith in principles and you don’t believe in the absolutism of the truth then you won’t be able achieve anything in life.

If this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please bring me some coffee.

The glorious thing for you always has consequences for others.

Movie queens diffuse into Cinema haze, while libertines read pornozines in street cafes.

The fact is that I made a stand a number of times in my career, and I did it because I knew I was right.

Contemporary ramen is totally different than what most Americans think ramen should be. Ramen is not one thing; there are many, many different types.

Some things were too hard to believe, however entertaining they might be to hear or read.

I'd much rather sit next to a smoker in a restaurant than a nose-blower.

My whole life has conspired to bring me to this place, and I can’t despise my whole life.

The mind is like tofu. By itself, it has no taste. Everything depends on the flavor of the marinade it steeps in.