If you are poor now, Aemilianus, you will always be poor. Riches are now given to none but the rich.

Life is not merely to be alive, but to be well.

Why do strong arms fatigue themselves with frivolous dumbbells? To dig a vineyard is worthier exercise for men.

The spirit of the individual is determined by his dominating thought habits.

There is nothing more revolting than an old busybody.

I would not miss your face, your neck, your hands, your limbs, your bosom and certain other of your charms. Indeed, not to become boring by naming them all, I could do without you, Chloe, altogether.

Rarity gives a charm; so early fruits and winter roses are the most prized; and coyness sets off an extravagant mistress, while the door always open tempts no suitor.

Each day provides its own gifts.

Tomorrow's life is too late. Live today.

Here's a rule of life: You don't get to pick what bad things happen to you

There is no living with thee, nor without thee.

May our words blaze the way to our future

I am not saying that Hitler was a choir boy. But I am saying, let him who was innocent in the Second World War cast the first stone.

Most saints live to regret their career choice.

The solution to the problems of marriage and parenting is simple. Spend more time with the people you care about the most.

Heed my words, daughter, if you ever mean to be happy: Never give yourself to a man.

I didn't want to do anything my mother wanted me to do so surely I wasn't going to sing for her.

It’s good to have obstacles and difficulties, and to fail and have things not go the way you want. And then have to figure out how to keep moving forward.

The unusual wins out over the usual.

Mastery is a product of consistently going beyond our limits.

At a certain point, to remain slightly tangential to wherever I was became a way of 'being Tony': by not being anything that everyone else was.