She had always been fond of history, and here [in Rome] was history in the stones of the street and the atoms of the sunshine.

Under certain circumstances there are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea.

It's time to start living the life you've imagined.

Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind.

We work in the dark - we do what we can - we give what we have. Our doubt is our passion, and our passion is our task. The rest is the madness of art.

Do not mind anything that anyone tells you about anyone else. Judge everyone and everything for yourself.

Everything about Florence seems to be colored with a mild violet, like diluted wine.

Excellence does not require perfection.

The Roman jurisprudence has the longest known history of any set of human institutions.

I'm yours for ever--for ever and ever. Here I stand; I'm as firm as a rock. If you'll only trust me, how little you'll be disappointed. Be mine as I am yours.

It's a complex fate, being an American, and one of the responsibilities it entails is fighting against a superstitious valuation of Europe.

He was a solitary figure in a vast landscape while she was a face in a nameless crowd.

Sometimes you just get a feeling about someone and that feeling is worth more than all of the little things put together.

Broken people don't hide from their monsters. Broken people let themselves be eaten.

Men tire themselves in pursuit of rest.

If you do not specify and confront real issues, what you say will surely obscure them. If you do not embody controversy, what you say will be an acceptance of the drift to the coming human hell.

I think [Mike] Pence is going to represent [Donald] Trump extremely well.

When you see how you react when you suffer that's when you know what you are made of.

Americans want government that is leaner, more efficient, and less intrusive into their personal lives.

It’s a nice challenge to escape your reality. I think that’s why actors do what we do. We like to play other people. It’s therapeutic.

We have provided capital here with a couple of institutions recently. The Federal government did that in the '30s for the RFC and I think there could well be a proper role for government in that.