The subject of a good tragedy must not be realistic.

The greater the effort, the greater the glory.

A liar is always lavish of oaths.

Self-love is the source of all our other loves.

Heaven often regulates effects by their causes, and pays the wicked what they have deserved.

When there is no peril in the fight there is no glory in the triumph.

The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.

Clemency is the noblest trait which can reveal a true monarch to the world.

To take revenge halfheartedly is to court disaster; either condemn or crown your hatred.

He who plays advisor is no longer ambassador.

Time is a great manager: it arranges things well.

The problem with aging was not that death was near, for death was always near. The problem with aging was that a woman began to carry too many memories within her.

But search the land of living men Where wilt thou find their like again.

Maybe people [in Hollywood] wear really nice clothes, and they drive really nice cars, but that doesn't make me comfortable. And if I'm not comfortable, it won't be a part of my life.

I was such a nerd in high school, I didn't even have imaginary friends, I had imaginary bullies.

In all cases of heart-ache, the application of another man's disappointment draws out the pain and allays the irritation.

Don't worry about your background, whether it's odd or ordinary, use it, build on it.

There is nothing people can throw at me to say: Do this, do that.

Success will always be measured by the extent to which we serve the buying public.

A plot begins when somebody has something to hide.

That's why your middle finger close to your ring, coz it's either love or hate there ain't no in-between