Isn't this conception of absolute justice absolutely unjust?

A pretty face may be enough to catch a man, but it takes character and good nature to hold him.

It is only natural, of course, that each man should think his own opinions best: the crow loves his fledgling, and the ape his cub.

The change of the word does not alter the matter

and, indeed, nature has so made us, that we all love to be flattered and to please ourselves with our own notions

Some men may be snared by beauty alone, but none can be held except by virtue and compliance.

For as love is oftentimes won with beauty, so it is not kept, preserved, and continued, but by virtue and obedience.

Watch what you ask for you just might get it.

A beautiful woman is a practical poet, taming her savage mate, planting tenderness, hope and eloquence in all whom she approaches.

Emptiness is not the opposite of existence. It is not nothingness or annihilation.

I'm a very positive thinker, and I think that is what helps me the most in difficult moments.

Even with politics, stuff comes around again. Woody Guthrie would recognize America today.

Our lives can change with every breath we take.

When I first moved to Los Angeles, I don't think anyone knew what to do with me.

I always overpay or overtip when I'm upset.

Limitation makes the creative mind inventive.

The conflict with Islam has, after all, existed throughout European history.