That is the way to lay the city flat, To bring the roof to the foundation, And bury all, which yet distinctly ranges, In heaps and piles of ruin.

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.

It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

No legacy is so rich as honesty.

God has given you one face, and you make yourself another.

It is not in our stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

The Eyes are the window to your soul

What a terrible era in which idiots govern the blind.

Hell is empty and all the devils are here.

Survival is a passive way of saying “my needs are greater than yours.

I don't know much about kisses, but I can assure you that hers were no less fierce than a swarm of bullets tearing the air

People always knew more than you gave them credit for. Perhaps, in the end, no one had any secrets at all.

I've been doing African dance all my life.

I seem to keep returning to my father in poems because his personality was so extreme, so driven. He did everything to excess.

The responsibility of leadership is not to come up with all the ideas but to create an environment in which great ideas can thrive.

Immerse yourself in nature’s symphony and let your senses burst with joy.

I am not a federal employee. I am a constitutional officer. My job is the Constitution of the United States, I am not a government employee. I am in the Constitution.

but it's so hard to dance that way when it's cold and there's no music.

I was on Khodorkovsky's payroll myself for ten years. I'm biased because I respect him.