Society is built upon trust.

Defeat should never be a source of discouragement but rather a fresh stimulus.

The seven wise men of Greece, so famous for their wisdom all the world over, acquired all that fame, each of them, by a single sentence consisting of two or three words.

Similes prove nothing, but yet greatly lighten and relieve the tedium of argument.

An Aristotle was but the rubbish of an Adam, and Athens but the rudiments of Paradise.

Guilt upon the conscience, like rust upon iron, both defiles and consumes it, gnawing and creeping into it, as that does which at last eats out the very heart and substance of the metal.

Innocence is like polished armor; it adorns and defends.

Much reading is like much eating -wholly useless without digestion.

The covetous person lives as if the world were made altogether for him, and not he for the world.

Abstinence is the great strengthener and clearer of reason.

Most of the appearance of mirth in the world is not mirth, it is art. The wounded spirit is not seen, but walks under a disguise.

Telling my children was the toughest part. But that's when you get strong, because you have to be strong for other people.

In the perspective of every person lies a lens through which we may better understand ourselves.

Evil borders upon good, and vices are confounded with virtues; as the report of good qualities is delightful to a well-disposed mind, so the relation of the contrary should not be offensive.

It's an odd mix, the life of a playwright.

There is no place for little minds in a great work

No girl should ever forget that she doesn't need anyone who doesn't need her.

Intelligence comes from meditation, intelligence comes from rebellion, intelligence does not come from memory

You can't legislate sobriety.

I was weeping again, drunk on the impossible past.