Not all who own a harp are harpers.

Divine Nature gave the fields, human art built the cities.

Divine nature gave us fields, human skill built our cities. -Divina natura dedit agros, ars humana aedificavit urbes

He who flees at the right time can fight again.

He who overlooks a healthy spot for the site of his house is mad and ought to be handed over to the care of his relations and friends.

It is necessary for men to be deceived in religion.

For my eightieth year warns me to pack up my baggage before I leave life.

Nature made the fields and man the cities.

The longest part of the journey is said to be the passing of the gate.

The number of guests at dinner should not be less than the number of the Graces nor exceed that of the Muses, i.e., it should begin with three and stop at nine.

The gods help those who help themselves.

Your next great moment is the one you create.

Do not fear, for I am with you - Isaiah 41:10

Love taught me to cry So come on courage! Teach me to be shy.

That roguish and cheerful vice, politeness.

The strongest relationships are between two people who can live without each other but don't want to.

Empathy is the main thing, putting yourself in somebody else's shoes and trying not to judge.

Me fail English? That's unpossible.

The pleasure of writing fiction is that you are always spotting some new approach, an alternative way of telling a story and manipulating characters; the novel is such a wonderfully flexible form.

And there are lots of moments when I think, ‘What am I doing as an actor? I can’t act!’

Years place at last a venerable crown upon a head.