Literature is the garden of wisdom.

We can all be heroes in our virtues, in our homes, in our lives.

Better an ugly face than an ugly mind.

The lazy man aims at nothing, and generally hits it.

Style in painting is the same as in writing,-a power over materials, whether words or colors.

A defeat to a brave man is only a victory deferred.

Regrets over the past should chasten the future.

Twilight is like death; the dark portal of night comes upon us, to open again in the glorious morning of immortality.

An inherent sense of man makes him long for an eternal paradise.

Newspapers are the world's mirrors.

There is no heart without remorse, no life without some misfortune, no one but what is something stained with sin.

If we really want to learn how to forgive, perhaps we had better start with something easier than the Gestapo.

A good trap is like a good story: hidden and leading towardone inevitable conclusion

Terrorism, to me, is the use of terror for political purpose, and terror is indiscriminate murder of civilians to make a political point.

In America, black is a country.

That is the mysterious thing about tragedy- it often strikes at the happiest moment.

Hepatitis C was a devastating disease but because fundamental research was done in hepatitis C, it is now curable. It is now absolutely curable with new medications. So this is transformative.

Cocktail parties ... are usually not parties at all but mass ceremonials designed to clear up at one great stroke a wealth of obligations.