It is sound planning that invariably earns us the outcome we want; without it, even the gods are unlikely to look with favour on our designs.

If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of fun and relaxation, he would go mad or become unstable without knowing it.

Men trust their ears less than their eyes.

The secret of success is that it is not the absence of failure, but the absence of envy.

Adversity has the effect of drawing out strength and qualities of a man that would have laid dormant in its absence.

In peace sons bury fathers, but war violates the order of nature, and fathers bury sons.

Egypt is the gift of the Nile.

Where wisdom is called for, force is of little use.

Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects.

It is better to be envied than pitied.

All of life is action and passion, and not to be involved in the actions and passions of your time is to risk having not really lived at all.

There were so many things we left unsaid. Depending on how you look at it, whether you think it was worth saying it out loud, or better kept inside.

A bird cannot fly with broken wings. Your heart cannot love without learning to heal.

Sometimes you gotta listen your brain to save your heart.

People call you this or that. But I can't respond because then it seems like I'm defensive, you know, what does it matter, really?

I'm writing this book because we're all going to die.

To rush to throw away your magazine business and move it on the iPad is just sheer insanity and insecurity and fear.

To be completely honest, I didn't know 'Twilight' was a book.

Nothing is lasting but change; nothing perpetual but death.

I had a great time with John Duigan he's pretty amazing.

Conviction is worthless unless it is converted into conduct.