To err is human; but contrition felt for the crime distinguishes the virtuous from the wicked.

Disgrace does not consist in the punishment, but in the crime.

Deep vengeance is the daughter of deep silence.

Often the test of courage is not to die but to live.

Necessity inspires the fatal thought.

Liars are always most disposed to swear.

First thoughts are not always the best.

A usurper always distrusts the whole world.

If ardent passions push not men on to lofty enterprise, calm wisdom never will accomplish it.

Heaven takes care that no man secures happiness by crime.

The guilty is he who meditates a crime; the punishment is his who lays the plot.

We live in an image society. Speeches are not what anybody cares about what they care about is the picture.

So many little lives, amounting to nothing. I ask you: What is infinity multiplied by zero? It is hardly worth our discussion.

Imagine a world in which there is no time. Only images.

Three thousand jurisdictions across the U.S. are estimated to have had gang activity in 2001. In 2002, 32% of cities with a population of 25 to 50 thousand reported a gang-related homicide.

Nonetheless, so whether it's unconstitutional or not [for judges to overruling presidents], I leave to others.

Therapists need to give a depressed patient support and direction.

Tell me where it is gone — then I will tell you where it came from.

Benedict may not be as hurt as he really is.

Maybe getting around in life was nothing but map-reading. A skill that required practice. A key to unlock where you wanted to go. A legend to show where you were.

What is beautiful? Whatever is perceived joyfully is beautiful. Bliss is the essence of beauty.