When a tongue fails to send forth appropriate shafts, there might be a word to act as healer of these.

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.

Nothing's ever gone. We fool ourselves that things fade, but they never do.

London is not a good place to be when you are sad: so crowded it makes you feel lonely.

I wake up feverish, sore, uncomfortable. Is it sickness or is it heartbreak? I can't tell. The thermometer says I'm normal, but I'm clearly not.

Oh, God! That boy moves in a very exceptional way. That's the greatest dancer of the century.

Humans are humans because we are able to communicate with each other and to organize to do things together that we can't do individually.

When a culture of ladies arises, a culture of gentlemen will follow.

My M.O. over the years is that I make things better, where people give me that freedom.

In any art movement, the art has to move into a new phase - a filmmaker has a desire to make a film that is not like a previous film.

We are going to continue having these meetings, everyday, until I find out why no work is getting done.

I always tried to do the best for my kid.