They that possess the prince possess the laws.

Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul.

Self-defense is Nature's eldest law.

…So when the last and dreadful hour This crumbling pageant shall devour, The trumpet shall be heard on high, The dead shall live, the living die, And Music shall untune the sky

He with a graceful pride, While his rider every hand survey'd, Sprung loose, and flew into an escapade; Not moving forward, yet with every bound Pressing, and seeming still to quit his ground.

When he spoke, what tender words he used! So softly, that like flakes of feathered snow, They melted as they fell.

Fool that I was, upon my eagle's wings I bore this wren, till I was tired with soaring, and now he mounts above me.

Dead men tell no tales.

Dancing is the poetry of the foot.

The sooner you treat your son as a man, the sooner he will be one.

Fortune befriends the bold.

The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old ones.

To take dominion over the earth is to follow the command of God

Seek the Blame

And Rumi tells us, ‘Soul receives from soul that knowledge, therefore not by book nor from tongue’.

Better give a shilling than lend and lose half a crown.

I was pretty tough and serious in my 20s.

In revolutions authority remains with the greatest scoundrels.

I think anyone who has a job in the entertainment industry that is ongoing and then decides they get bored and doesn't want to do it anymore is foolish!

I know everybody wants humor to be subversive and speak truth to power. I don't think power's been listening, incidentally.

It's a community event. Community events create strong communities, and a strong community is a healthy community. A healthy community is a happy community.