If you are ruled by mind you are a king; if by body, a slave.

Wise men profit more from fools than fools from wise men; for the wise men shun the mistakes of fools, but fools do not imitate the successes of the wise.

Those who are serious in ridiculous matters will be ridiculous in serious matters.

I prefer to do right and get no thanks than to do wrong and receive no punishment.

After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one.

Furthermore, I think Carthage must be destroyed.

We cannot control the evil tongues of others; but a good life enables us to disregard them.

The hero saves us. Praise the hero! Now, who will save us from the hero?

I think the first virtue is to restrain the tongue; he approaches nearest to gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.

There is a wide difference between true courage and a mere contempt of life.

An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.

That’s us, ” he said. “Those five nuts right there.”Which one is me?” I asked.The little deformed one, ” Zoe suggested.Oh, shut up.

Love and respect should be reciprocal

You can set your mind to anything, just keep concentrating.

Your time is your time. Be awake to it. It's hard work to be wisely alive.

A wrong path may take you to the right wisdom!

You cannot be driven by the polls. The polls change all the time; they're easily manipulated by whoever wants to ask those poll questions; they go up; they go down.

My arm was not what she needed, but the arm of someone else. My warmth was not what she needed, but the warmth of someone else.

I’m conflicted. On one hand, I want to stay in and catch up on The Vampire Diaries, but there’s this really awesome restaurant I’ve been wanting to try out.

The hustlers on the corner were my role models.

Other people write about the bling and the booty. I write about the pus and the gnats. To me, that's beautiful.