With stupidity the gods themselves struggle in vain.

Honor women! they entwine and weave heavenly roses in our earthly life.

The will of man is his happiness.

O jealousy! thou magnifier of trifles.

The world is ruled only by consideration of advantages.

The lamp of genius burns quicker than the lamp of life.

Against stupidity the very gods Themselves contend in vain.

He that is overcautious will accomplish little.

His saying was: live and let live.

Art is difficult transient is her reward.

God helps the brave.

Was the sky always this shade of magenta?

True repentence is to depart from evil. A return to God, seeking his grace for power to obey him.

The justice I have received, I shall give back.

Politics is so much about serendipity that we've got to have a bigger pool of women, so that when people drop out of the process, you've got others to turn to.

And when you have it, what then? Some secrets are safer kept hidden. Some secrets are too dangerous to share, even with those you love and trust.

Philosophy consists very largely of one philosopher arguing that all others are jackasses. He usually proves it, and I should add that he also usually proves that he is one himself.

[On accepting travel suggestions from her two daughters, 6 and 3:] When they pay for the vacation, they get to dictate where we go.

It's the great soul that surrenders itself to fate, but a puny degenerate thing that struggles.

Ageing is a process of exchanging hope for insight

You don't buy chemistry, nor do you manufacture it, it is what it is.