Thales said there was no difference between life and death. Why, then, said some one to him, do not you die? Because, said he, it does make no difference.

Courage, my boy! that is the complexion of virtue.

As some say, Solon was the author of the apophthegm, "Nothing in excess.

There is a written and an unwritten law. The one by which we regulate our constitutions in our cities is the written law; that which arises from customs is the unwritten law.

Bury me on my face," said Diogenes; and when he was asked why, he replied, "Because in a little while everything will be turned upside down.

Anaxagoras said to a man who was grieving because he was dying in a foreign land, "The descent to Hades is the same from every place.

Diogenes, when asked from what country he came, replied, "I am a citizen of the world."

He used to say that it was better to have one friend of great value than many friends who were good for nothing.

Sacrifice to the Graces.

Antisthenes used to say that envious people were devoured by their own disposition, just as iron is by rust.

Aristippus being asked what were the most necessary things for well-born boys to learn, said, "Those things which they will put in practice when they become men.

Clearly, this was another thing I needed to add to the: ‘repetitive cycle of things that were constantly happening in my life’ list, which currently contained fainting and my ability to find trouble.

To be a lone filmmaker thousands of miles from home with nobody believing in me, that seems romantic.

In many cases hate a person is rooted in the involuntary estimate of its virtues.

There are few wives so perfect as not to give their husbands at least once a day good reason to repent of ever having married, or at least of envying those who are unmarried.

If you look at our world, it's a world of critique.

You've got to tell a story, paint a vision, know your metrics and sell, sell, sell.

None of us can think we are exempt from concerns for the poor and for social justice.

When I read poetry, I read it aloud. It's so much better that way.

My boyfriend was insanely sexy, vampire or not, and I couldn't keep my hands off him.

We can hear the silent voice of the spiritual universe within our own hearts.