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.

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.

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.

The flame of anger, bright and brief, sharpens the barb of love.

The Bible is such a gargantuan collection of conflicting values that anyone can "prove" anything from it.

To become the love of a poet is to become both a muse and an immortal all at the same time.

Our national security is at risk when we rely on foreign oil to keep our economy moving forward.

If you put yourself in a group of people you cannot work with it's obviously going to be a disaster.

Did you know that the Jews invented sushi? That's right - two Jews bought a restaurant with no kitchen.

Gratitude causes us to no longer desire a different life. Instead, it causes us to make the most of the one life we already have.

The man who can look upon a crisis without being willing to offer himself upon the altar of his country is not for public trust.

Government does not create jobs. Government does not create jobs.

The view of life I communicate in my pictures excludes the sordid and ugly. I paint life as I would like it to be.

It is astonishing how the human animal survives its misfortunes.