It is in vain that he seeks dominion abroad, who is not kingly at home.

False friends are like our shadow, keeping close to us while we walk in the sunshine, but leaving us the instant we cross into the shade.

Doubt whom you will, but never yourself.

Our first and last love is self-love.

The scope of an intellect is not to be measured with a tape-string, or a character deciphered from the shape or length of a nose.

It is the passion that is in a kiss that gives to it its sweetness; it is the affection in a kiss that sanctifies it.

We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them.

The opinions of the misanthropical rest upon this very partial basis, that they adopt the bad faith of a few as evidence of the worthlessness of all.

The lively and mercurial are as open books, with the leaves turned down at the notable passages. Their souls sit at the windows of their eyes, seeing and to be seen.

Tears are nature's lotion for the eyes. The eyes see better for being washed by them.

The passions are like fire, useful in a thousand ways and dangerous only in one, through their excess.

It would be desirable if every government when it comes to power should have its old speeches burnt.

I may be helping to bring harmony between people through my music.

You say something stupid and the next morning you're in the headlines.

Every educated person is a future enemy.

There's so many things that mattered so much in my 20s and 30s that don't matter now.

There needs to be conviction and action behind rules.

If a superior give any order to one who is under him which is against that man's conscience, although he do not obey it yet he shall not be dismissed.

Galley Molina's a great inspiration and role model for a lot of young kids out there.

It's raining questions around here. A person could drown in them.

I have a gigantic head, sometimes it throws me off balance.