Those who speak against the great do not usually speak from morality, but from envy.

The spirit of Greece, passing through and ascending above the world, hath so animated universal nature, that the very rocks and woods, the very torrents and wilds burst forth with it.

No ashes are lighter than those of incense, and few things burn out sooner.

There is nothing on earth divine except humanity.

Truth, like the juice of the poppy, in small quantities, calms men; in larger, heats and irritates them, and is attended by fatal consequences in excess.

We are no longer happy so soon as we wish to be happier.

A man's vanity tells him what is honor, a man's conscience what is justice.

My thoughts are my company; I can bring them together, select them, detain them, dismiss them.

Friendship is a vase, which, when it is flawed by heat, or violence, or accident, may as well be broken at once; it can never be trusted after.

The Siren waits thee, singing song for song.

A good cook is the peculiar gift of the gods. He must be a perfect creature from the brain to the palate, from the palate to the finger's end.

For men and women alike, this journey is a the trajectory between birth and death, a human life lived. No one escapes the adventure. We only work with it differently.

You can't fool television viewers with dancing girls and flashing lights

I have always hated the cinema.

Maxim 20: If you’re not willing to shell your own position, you’re not willing to win. -The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries

Man must be disciplined, for he is by nature raw and wild.

Shut up, be happy. Obey all orders without question. The happiness you have demanded is now mandatory.

People want to feel effortless about their clothes. I don't always get it, I make a lot of mistakes, but that's my goal.

If you're not grown up enough to understand that a trailer is not done by the director, then fine. Judge the movie from the trailer.

We have hated the French for years. Now you have just joined the club. It makes you much more likable.

Violence does even justice unjustly.