When a match has equal partners then I fear not.

He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God.

In war, truth is the first casualty.

Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.

There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief.

Zeus, first cause, prime mover; for what thing without Zeus is done among mortals?

It is an easy thing for one whose foot is on the outside of calamity to give advice and to rebuke the sufferer.

Better to die on your feet than live on your knees.

The air is Zeus, Zeus earth, and Zeus the heaven, Zeus all that is, and what transcends them all.

For there is no defense for a man who, in the excess of his wealth, has kicked the great altar of Justice out of sight.

By polluting clear water with slime you will never find good drinking water.

The easiest way to remember your future wife’s birthday is to marry her on Super Bowl Sunday.

Stop throwing away days, weeks, months, and years by simply day-dreaming about what you wish your life would be.

What I am really concerned about is what art is supposed to be - and can become.

Love is a consistent passion to give, not a meek persistent hope to receive. The only demand of life is the privilege to love all.

You are responsible for how your life turns out, and your attitude shapes that life for better or worse.

There will never be another Black Messiah unless we create him

I'm on performance enhancing drugs, so I may cause drowsiness.

Anything worth doing does not have to be done perfectly - at first.

The painter who is content with the praise of the world for what does not satisfy himself, is not an artist, but an artisan; for though his reward be only praise, his pay is that of a mechanic.

Where quality is the thing sought after, the thing of supreme quality is cheap, whatever the price one has to pay for it.