Tell me thy company, and I'll tell thee what thou art.

Pray, look better, sir... those things yonder are no giants, but windmills.

Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn.

In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.

He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all.

How will he who does not know how to govern himself know how to govern others?

Three things too much, and three too little are pernicious to man; to speak much, and know little; to spend much, and have little; to presume much, and be worth little.

That one man scorned and covered with scars Still strove with his last ounce of courage To reach the unreachable star.

Too much sanity may be madness and the maddest of all, to see life as it is and not as it should be.

The wicked are always ungrateful.

Her father guarded her, and she guarded herself; for there are no padlocks, bolts, or bars, that secure a maiden better than her own reserve.

If you can’t love yourself, how can you love others? If you can’t forgive yourself, how can you forgive others?

I'm always working. If I'm not in my studio I become quite nervous.

Invented languages have often been created in tandem with entire invented universes, and most conlangers come to their craft by way of fantasy and science fiction.

I learned a lot from both, initially Jewish and Muslim theologians that had been missing, perhaps from my rather parochial Catholic upbringing.

I haven't shaved my private parts, but I dyed them once for a laugh! They looked more ginger, though!

I am a shadow’s shade, a lunatic, perhaps, Of two dark moons.

A peaceful, moral and conscientious person excessively deserves to be respected!

Formerly no one was allowed to think freely; now it is permitted, but no one is capable of it any more. Now people want to think only what they are supposed to think, and this they consider freedom.

Find the center of what you believe matters most to you in life ,and act on it today! The moment is now!

How does one make a movie about decadence these days? Now that we're allowed to do it, it's too late.