To be bowed by grief is folly; Naught is gained by melancholy; Better than the pain of thinking, Is to steep the sense in drinking.

Wine is a peep-hole on a man.

Tis said that wrath is the last thing in a man to grow old.

Not houses finely roofed or the stones of walls well builded, nay nor canals and dockyards make the city, but men able to use their opportunity.

Brave men are a city's strongest tower of defence.

The Arcadians were chestnut-eaters.

Not well-built walls, but brave citizens are the bulwark of the city.

Fighting men are the city's fortress.

Plant no tree sooner than the vine.

One that hath wine as a chain about his wits, such a one lives no life at all.

Such is the world that I can no longer bear to say prayers, for I am sick of speaking to the gods who choose to do nothingbut as they wish.

In the room...they are inside the books. They move sometimes within the pages, like sleepers turning over between two dreams.

In the West, it was believed that attitude and ambition saved you. In Africa, we had learned that no one was immune to capricious tragedy.

If you'd done a good job you'd just step back and let all these different chemistries interact and let it go.

I can't love you as you have been or will be. I can only love you as you are.

If it's meant to be, they'll find a way to make it work eventually.

Creativity means not copying.

I'm far too low maintenance to ever spend more than five minutes getting ready to go out.

Not everybody is absolutely stupid. Why on earth would I be racist, what would I be trying to achieve?

There are ogres and black beasts out there; you have to be constantly on guard.

I like doing nothing, actually. Doing nothing is better thing when I am not working.