Verily, I swear, it is better to be lowly born, and range with humble livers in content, than to be perked up in a glistering grief, and wear a golden sorrow.

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.

Pride and power fall when the person falls, but discoveries of truth form legacies that can be built upon for generations.

Life is like music, it must be composed by ear, feeling and instinct, not by rule. Nevertheless one had better know the rules, for they sometimes guide in doubtful cases, though not often.

I spend most of my life just listening to people.

Food is neither your enemy nor your best friend. It won't mend your broken heart and it won't send you to hell.

Sometimes there are changes that need to be made.

My acting stopped being about disguise and became about truth which suits the camera, so my film career took off when I came out.

We're still living with the old paradigm of age as an arch. That's the old metaphor: You're born, you peak at midlife and decline into decrepitude.

Making love to robots will probably be great one day. It's just not a viable option right now.

True love is not a potion one person can swallow and another refuse to drink. It happens only when the souls of two join together to form one

In the financial system we have today, with less risk concentrated in banks, the probability of systemic financial crises may be lower than in traditional bank-centered financial systems