Men have made an idol of luck as an excuse for their own thoughtlessness.

Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.

Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.

The wise man belongs to all countries, for the home of a great soul is the whole world.

Everywhere man blames nature and fate yet his fate is mostly but the echo of his character and passion, his mistakes and his weaknesses.

Life unexamined, is not worth living.

Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.

The pride of youth is in strength and beauty, the pride of old age is in discretion.

More men have become great through practice than by nature.

The brave man is not only he who overcomes the enemy, but he who is stronger than pleasures. Some men are masters of cities, but are enslaved to women.

My enemy is not the man who wrongs me, but the man who means to wrong me.

One would go mad if one took the Bible seriously but to take it seriously one must be already mad.

Every command slaps liberty in the face.

My boyfriend calls me 'princess', but I think of myself more along the lines of 'monkey' and 'retard'.

Reporters listen, photographers look. If you are doing your job seriously as a photojournalist, your sight must be the primary sense that you use at all times.

The rainbow bursts like magic on mine eyes! In hues of ancient promise there imprest.

With the people, for the people, by the people. I crack up when I hear it; I say, with the handful, for the handful, by the handful, cause that's what really happens.

Seeking but not finding the house builder I travelled through life after life. How painful is repeated birth! House-builders, you have now been seen. You will not build the house again.

Teachers and learners are correlates, one of which was never intended to be without the other.

There are laws to protect the freedom of the press's speech, but none that are worth anything to protect the people from the press

Going through a rough break-up? Nothing a little dance party with friends can't ease.