The sweetest things become the most bitter by excess.

Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.

Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.

The wise man belongs to all countries, for the home of a great soul is the whole world.

Everywhere man blames nature and fate yet his fate is mostly but the echo of his character and passion, his mistakes and his weaknesses.

Life unexamined, is not worth living.

Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.

The pride of youth is in strength and beauty, the pride of old age is in discretion.

More men have become great through practice than by nature.

The brave man is not only he who overcomes the enemy, but he who is stronger than pleasures. Some men are masters of cities, but are enslaved to women.

My enemy is not the man who wrongs me, but the man who means to wrong me.

I haven't spoken to my wife in years-I didn't want to interrupt her.

When I was fourteen I was the oldest I ever was. ... I've been getting younger ever since.

Everyone has their own definition of a healthy lifestyle, and mine has come to mean making health a priority but not an obsession.

These scars bear witness but whether to repair or to destruction I no longer know.

I think I came to film-making through writing. I started to write, and people, teachers, responded to my writing.

There are two kinds of jokes - funny jokes and Jack Benny jokes.

Without dance, a man can do nothing.

If you make a choice that goes against what everyone else thinks, the world will not fall apart.

A politician who climbs high over the bodies of the slain is described as vile or great according to the degree of his success.

The 19th century was a century of empires, the 20th century was a century of nation states. The 21st century will be a century of cities.