More men come to doom through dirty profits than are kept by them.

One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.

Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.

The dice of Zeus always fall luckily.

Always desire to learn something useful

Believe that a further shore is reachable from here.

All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride.

Children are the anchors of a mother's life.

Heaven ne'er helps the men who will not act.

There is nothing more hateful than bad advice.

Go then if you must, but remember, no matter how foolish your deeds, those who love you will love you still.

A consequence may be the very thing that saves us because it was the only thing loud enough to get our attention.

When I'm getting to know someone, I look for someone who has passions that I respect, like his career. Someone who loves what he does is really attractive.

A room hung with pictures is a room hung with thoughts.

The secret of art is love.

My only regret is that I'm going before that rat, Robespierre! [to his executioner] Don't forget to show my head to the people; it's well worth seeing.

If a plant cannot live according to its nature, it dies; and so a man.

I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.

Holidays and vacations can help to balance activity with contemplation, haste with more natural rhythms, noise with the heralding silence of peace.

One wants to be able to experience being other people, remaking a reality, remaking a life, remaking a certain world.

I think who you are in school really sticks with you.