To move is to stir, and to be valiant is to stand; therefore, if tou art mov'd, thou runst away. (To be angry is to move, to be brave is to stand still. Therefore, if you're angry, you'll run away.)

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.

It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

No legacy is so rich as honesty.

God has given you one face, and you make yourself another.

It is not in our stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

The Eyes are the window to your soul

What a terrible era in which idiots govern the blind.

Hell is empty and all the devils are here.

Spread kindness, caring, and compassion and create your own paradise. Infuse it with joy and you’ve created heaven on earth.

When I left the Royal College, I decided I would only make paintings that I would want to look at myself, that felt close to my life.

Still, American composers working in France have had a pretty hard time.

Do not make excuses, whether it's your fault or not.

Duty is for Kant the One and All. Out of the duty of gratitude, he claims, one has to defend and esteem the ancients; and only out of duty has he become a great man.

Why does everybody agree that atmospheric oxygen comes from life, but no one speaks about the other gases coming from life?

Forgetting is something that time takes care of, but forgiveness is an act of volition, and only the sufferer is qualified to make the decision.

It usually helps me write by reading - somehow the reading gear in your head turns the writing gear.

Maids want nothing but husbands, and when they have them, they want everything.

Who is it that can tell me who I am?