No legacy is so rich as honesty.

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.

It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

God has given you one face, and you make yourself another.

It is not in our stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

The Eyes are the window to your soul

What a terrible era in which idiots govern the blind.

Hell is empty and all the devils are here.

If we are true to ourselves, we can not be false to anyone.

If you have a success you have it for the wrong reasons. If you become popular it is always because of the worst aspects of your work.

Try and make them understand that while artists can recycle their suffering in their art, I didn't know what to do with mine.

Don’t allow the fear to weaken you. You must conquer fear with faith.

Remember that happiness is a way of travel not a destination.

O man, whoever you are and wherever you come from, for I know you will come, I am Cyrus who won the Persians their empire. Do not therefore begrudge me this bit of earth that covers my bones.

We all pretend to be very strong, and then in a fraction, you can just break down, at least for me.

Railing and praising were his usual themes; and both showed his judgment in extremes. Either over violent or over civil, so everyone to him was either god or devil.

The simplest is always the most difficult.

Also if they choose from more options than fewer options they're less satisfied with what they choose and that is true whether they're choosing chocolates or which job offer to accept.