It is the crime not the scaffold which is the disgrace.

The greater the effort, the greater the glory.

A liar is always lavish of oaths.

Self-love is the source of all our other loves.

Heaven often regulates effects by their causes, and pays the wicked what they have deserved.

When there is no peril in the fight there is no glory in the triumph.

The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.

Clemency is the noblest trait which can reveal a true monarch to the world.

To take revenge halfheartedly is to court disaster; either condemn or crown your hatred.

He who plays advisor is no longer ambassador.

Time is a great manager: it arranges things well.

You are fine just the way you are. Don't allow anyone to reduce you to a state of inferiority. God created us all in His own image. Therefore, there is absolutely nothing inferior about you.

Gnaw your own bone gnaw at it bury it unearth it gnaw it still.

We all understand that America feels so angry, they want to get somebody, but you can't just have lots of planes and guns and ships and make everybody do your bidding.

the only people who have proof of their sanity are those who have been discharged from mental institutions

There is not much less vexation in the government of a private family than in the managing of an entire state.

When we ignore the body, we are more easily victimized by it.

Writing is pretty crummy on the nerves.

I was never interested in anything, particularly. I didn't get through school. I was a layabout. So, I started working at a theater to earn some money, as a part-time job.

Men talk as if they believed in God, but they live as if they thought there was none; their vows and promises are no more than words, of course.

Boyhood proves that there's still good roles for women over 40, as long as you get hired when you're under 40.