Love presses my head with carefully placed feet, wretch that he is, until he has taught me to detest chaste girls, and to live with no counsel.

Let's give the historians something to write about

No rival will steal away my sure love; that glory will be my gray hair.

By gold all good faith has been banished; by gold our rights are abused; the law itself is influenced by gold, and soon there will be an end of every modest restraint.

Tell me who is able to keep his bed chaste, or which goddess is able to live with one god alone?

Even a faithful mistress can be bent by constant threats.

Love is fostered by confidence and constancy; he who is able to give much is able also to love much.

Let each man have the wit to go his own way.

I am climbing a difficult road; but the glory gives me strength.

Let no one be willing to speak ill of the absent.

Even if my strength should fail, my daring will win me praise: in might enterprises even the will to succeed is enough.

Of course the servants had chosen not to follow me

Try not to become a copy of someone else. Not even a perfect copy. Originals are always honored over duplicates.

The market does not know you exist. You can do nothing to influence it. You can only control your behavior.

Those who live on vanity must, not unreasonably, expect to die of mortification.

Without allegiance to the Constitution it doesn't matter one hill of beans which party is in power!

These teenagers [that drop out of school to take the higher wage jobs] take jobs that would go to unskilled adults, making it harder for those adults to make the transition from welfare to work.

The kitchen is the great laboratory of the household, and much of the 'weal and woe' as far as regards bodily health, depends on the nature of the preparations concocted within its walls.

I don't care about wealth. What seems to be upsetting is institutionalizing the advantages that wealth gives you.

Songwriting is a very frustrating art form. You have to get on tape exactly what's playing inside your head

A lot of times, you feel like you're walking on eggshells in a creative environment, because everyone's having to watch out for egos so much of the time.