Whoever is detected in a shameful fraud is ever after not believed even if they speak the truth.

Wisdom is always an overmatch for strength.

Love is a serious mental disease.

There is truth in wine and children

Only a philosopher's mind grows wings, since its memory always keeps it as close as possible to those realities by being close to which the gods are divine.

let the speaker speak truly and the judge decide justly.

Piety, then, is that which is dear to the gods, and impiety is that which is not dear to them.

And yet even in reaching for the beautiful there is beauty, and also in suffering whatever it is that one suffers en route.

the matter is as it is in all other cases: if it is naturally in you to be a good orator, a notable orator you will be when you have acquired knowledge and practice ...

Everyone ought to bear patiently the results of his own conduct.

Thou hast added insult to injury.

The greatest sacred-adventure is the pursuit of dreams.

... there is much truth in the Italian saying, 'Make yourselves sheep, and the wolves will eat you.'

None of us alone can save the nation or the world. But each of us can make a positive difference if we commit ourselves to do so. (p. 109)

One never learns how the witch became wicked, or whether that was the right choice for her~is it ever the right choice? Does the devil ever struggle to be good again, or if so is he not a devil?

I would've liked to have been a better businessman when I was younger. And of course, I couldn't, because it wasn't part of my atmosphere. I never lived with accountants, I never lived with lawyers.

If you have read 6,000 books in your lifetime, or even 600, it's probably because at some level you find 'reality' a bit of a disappointment.

He will bring us all, rich and poor, white and black, to his judgment seat.

I was traveling on our tour bus through Europe and I was thinking I want to have long blonde hair.

Many of us knuckle-dragging brush-painters think that 'behind the times' is part of our job description. Why deny ourselves the authentic journey of a time-honoured form?

I thought I was an old soul, and that I knew life, but then starting the real life, I figured I am completely new.