The gods conceal from men the happiness of death, that they may endure life

Poverty, the mother of manhood. Also, the mother of prostitution.

The abode of God, too, is wherever is earth and sea and air, and sky and virtue. Why further do we seek the Gods of heaven? Whatever thou dost behold and whatever thou dost touch, that is Jupiter.

As far as the stars are from the earth, and as different as fire is from water, so much do self-interest and integrity differ.

The prosperous man does not know whether he is loved.

An idle life always produces varied inclinations.

Not a stone but has its history.

There stands the shadow of a glorious name.

A crime which is the crime of many none avenge.

As great edifices collapse of their own weight, so Heaven sets a similar limit to the growth of prosperous states.

Thus each person by his fears gives wings to rumor, and, without any real source of apprehension, men fear what they themselves have imagined.

There is a point at which honesty becomes mischief. That's when your writing becomes irresistible.

The more I learn the less I know but once you learn adversity is opportunity all you do is grow.

President Yar'Adua can rule from anywhere in the World

I'm too young to have experienced firsthand the '70s rock, but when I was in high school, me and my friends were super into Neil Young. That was the grunge era, and he was considered cool again

Love is nothing but lust misspelled.

Win or lose, we achieve nothing in the world that we understand [...]' 'But then the world does not matter.' 'Indeed it does not [...] It is good to understand that.

If you're comfortable with who you are, it shows in your walk.

Not to have been born is undoubtedly best, but sound sleep is second best.

I never met a man I didn't like until I met Will Rogers.

If Michaelangelo were a heterosexual, the Sistine Chapel would have been painted basic white and with a roller.