They merit more praise who know how to suffer misery than those who temper themselves in contentment.

I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore me for telling you lies.

I am, indeed, a king, because I know how to rule myself.

Let us love winter, for it is the spring of genius.

Telling you the truth than adore me for telling you lies.

Perfumed and gallant words make our ears belch.

Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood.

A high heart ought to bear calamities and not flee them, since in bearing them appears the grandeur of the mind and in fleeing them the cowardice of the heart.

Why should I be ashamed to describe what nature was not ashamed to create?

Angry men are blind and foolish, for reason at such time takes flight and, in her absence; wrath plunders all the riches of the intellect, while the judgment remains the prisoner of its own pride.

If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them.

Even the time cannot determine when the real LOVE will stop.

Courage consists not in blindly overlooking danger, but in seeing it, and conquering it.

I am certain a great many believers and bible readers do believe in social justice.

The first principle of all action is leisure.

Art begins when a man wishes to immortalize the most vivid moment he has ever lived.

There's so many great songs already written, it's kind of really wonderful you don't have to write your own.

The most enjoyable part of my career is singing live.

There is nothing far-fetched about disappointment as a subject for comedy. It's something we are all too familiar with.

I felt suicidal. I couldn't stop crying. I remember thinking, wouldn't it be great if the car crashed and I died?

I don't always want a big meal after work - just some crisps and wine!