It is said that the propriety even of old Cato often yielded to the exciting influence of the grape.

Carpe diem! Rejoice while you are alive; enjoy the day; live life to the fullest; make the most of what you have. It is later than you think.

Lost, yesterday, somewhere between sunrise and sunset, two golden hours, each set with sixty diamond minutes. No reward is offered for they are gone forever.

Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, and riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character.

Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which, in prosperous circumstances, would have lain dormant.

It is impossible to enslave, mentally or socially, a bible-reading people. The principles of the bible are the groundwork of human freedom.

The great virtue of parents is a great dowry.

It is good to have money and the things that money can buy, but it's good too, to check up once in a while and make sure you haven't lost the things money can't buy.

Carpe diem. (Seize the day.)

When things are steep, remember to stay level-headed.

Unfaithfulness in the keeping of an appointment is an act of clear dishonesty. You may as well borrow a person's money as his time.

Just because I'm a murdering, thieving, cowardly, traitorous sort doesn't mean I can't do my job properly.

With you, there's always music.

Some computers have security software that make it impossible to hack into, and it's the same with brains - some malfunction, and some, you can't hack into them at all.

I can't think of anything to write about except families. They are a metaphor for every other part of society.

[ Hollywood] is a patriarchy, headed by men and built for men.

Beauty isn't about looking perfect. It's about celebrating your individuality.

Social laughter is momentary, soon burns itself out and passes away like the fire and smokes of straw, but genius shakes the very skies with its lasting, inextinguishable laughter.

I have found, after a good deal of consideration, that the best place to seek God is in a garden. You can dig for Him here.

My poems please the brave: My poems, short and sincere, Have the force of steel Which forges swords.

I think if a woman is very happy with herself and at ease with her choices, it goes a long way toward making other people feel at ease with her.