It is vain to look for a defense against lightning.

From the errors of others, a wise man corrects his own.

Pardon one offence, and you encourage the commission of many.

One ungrateful person does an injury to all needy people.

Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage.

Would you have a great empire? Rule over yourself.

Tears gratify a savage nature, they do not melt it.

How unhappy is he who cannot forgive himself.

It matters not what you are thought to be, but what you are.

A tongue prone to slander is the proof of a depraved mind.

Never promise more than you can perform.

If you have to repeatedly chase after someone when you have a great opportunity, don't bother, if they aren't responsive, they aren't the type of person who'll succeed at it anyway.

Eating your own heart simply to keep the strangers from tasting: a suicide.

Love is an attraction of mutual happiness.

We equate choice with freedom, but they are not the same.

I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'

Beauty always takes place in the particular.

Velazquez found the perfect balance between the ideal illustration which he was required to produce, and the overwhelming emotion he aroused in the spectator.

It's fun to get the script every Monday morning and go, "Cool!" I'm a professional actor, but I'm also a professional story lover. I get off on that thrill.

No one can help me with my work. I think I do best when I am just left alone.

Even with all my wrinkles! I am beautiful!