Nothing is more annoying than a low man raised to a high position.

What Roman power slowly built, an unarmed traitor instantly overthrew.

He who seeks to terrify others is more in fear himself.

Nature has given the opportunity of happiness to all, knew they but how to use it.

Whoever desires is always poor.

Power call achieve more by gentle means than by violence.

The people become more observant of justice, and do not refuse to submit to the laws when they see them obeyed by their enactor.

Death is the great leveller.

A severe war lurks under the show of peace.

In sleep, when fancy is let loose to play, Our dreams repeat the wishes of the day.

Luxury, that alluring pest with fair forehead, which, yielding always to the will of the body, throws a deadening influence over the senses, and weakens the limbs more than the drugs of Circe's cup.

No matter what he does, every person on earth plays a central role in the history of the world. And normally he doesn't know it.

The human heart is a healer, which heals both others and ourselves.

You know Becky, you haven't been the same since that crowbar fell on your head." - spoken by my mother after I eloped with a guy I'd known for about a month, when I was 18 years old!

Love has its place, as does hate. Peace has its place, as does war. Mercy has its place, as do cruelty and revenge.

I just take on what I can commit to completely at that point in time, and that way you'll be able to give your best.

The act of love is a confession.

Love sets fire to your schedule, And then calls an end to time.

As for being responsible or irresponsible, we don't recognize those notions, they're for policemen and courtroom psychiatrists.

Say 'Dodgers' and people know you're talking about baseball. Say 'Braves' and they ask, 'What reservation?' Say 'Reds' and they think of communism. Say 'Padres' and they look around for a priest.

Better to trip with the feet than with the tongue