Prevention is the daughter of intelligence.

Talking much is a sign of vanity, for the one who is lavish with words is cheap in deeds.

But from this earth, this grave, this dust, My God shall raise me up, I trust.

If all the world and love were young, And truth in every shepherd's tongue, These pretty pleasures might me move To live with thee, and be thy love.

But true love is a durable fire, In the mind ever burning, Never sick, never old, never dead, From itself never turning.

The most divine light only shineth on those minds which are purged from all worldly dross and human uncleanliness.

But it is hard to know them from friends, they are so obsequious and full of protestations; for a wolf resembles a dog, so doth a flatterer a friend.

[It is a basic principle of a tyrant] to unarm his people of weapons, money and all means whereby they resist his power.

So the heart be right, it is no matter which way the head lieth.

It is not truth, but opinion that can travel the world without a passport.

Whoever commands the sea, commands the trade; whosoever commands the trade of the world commands the riches of the world, and consequently the world itself.

At a certain point, memory begins to be a burden.

Goodness is something that makes us serene and content; it is magnificent. Those who are not good are evil.

I don't know who I am. Or maybe I do know who I am and I just don't want to be her anymore.

Going to the mountains is going home.

In this most Christian of worlds all poets are Jews.

The only bad ideas are the ones never tried.

I think I'll take a bath in his blood.

Let us try to teach generosity and altruism, because we are born selfish.

I still don't know how to read music.

Just as surely as distress must follow self-deceit, healing must follow self-honesty.