It's no use crying over spilt milkWhat’s done, is done.

The creditor hath a better memory than the debtor.

Burn not thy fingers to snuff another man's candle.

Apelles used to paint a good housewife on a snail, to import that she home-keeping.

We learn by teaching.

Respect a man, he will do the more.

Words are the soul's ambassadors, who go / Abroad upon her errands to and fro.

He that hath the name to be an early riser may sleep till noon.

Easter, so longed for, is gone in a day.

Such is the strength of art, rough things to shape.

One hair of a woman can draw more than a hundred pair of oxen.

New Rome will be destroyedBy the attacks of new vandals.God always remains silent.

I never said you had to like it. You have to accept it. No regret."-Clare Harding.

The only time you lose at something is when you don't learn from that experience.

'In Utero' was the first time I'd made an album that reached into the dark side. I remember the conflict and the uncertainty. I remember all those things when I hear 'Pennyroyal Tea.'

The philharmonic became such a journey and adventure in my life, and a deeply satisfying thing.

What is the holding of breath? It is a flight from the Self, it is a temporary escape from the torment of Self. It is a temporary palliative against the pain and folly of life.

When you're recording a TV show, you really feel like you're in a bubble.

Sacrifice that causes pain is no sacrifice at all. True sacrifice is joy-giving and uplifting.

Education, introspection, self-love and excellence are the only ways to overcome the wrath of ignorance

We must follow the old authorities and precedents in criminal matters.