A noble birth and fortune, though they make not a bad man good, yet they are a real advantage to a worthy one and place his virtues in a fairer light.

There's sure no passion in the human soul, But finds its food in music.

The firmest purpose of a woman's heart to well-timed, artful flattery may yield.

Truth is truth, though from an enemy, and spoken in malice.

What shall we call this undetermin'd state, This narrow isthmus 'twixt two boundless oceans, That whence we came, and that to which we tend?

Actual freedom has not increased in proportion to man's awareness of it.

Because if anything can make death feel like a truly desirable alternative, it's getting dumped.

I'm a civic busybody and I've been blessed with an active career.

I'm still the same and I don't feel any different but when the elevator doors open and everybody gasps, it's an alienating feeling.

I'm flatulent in many languages.

In nature two things do not occur-the wheel and good taste.

All great lovers are articulate, and verbal seduction is the surest road to actual seduction.

Certainly, Africa accounts for only l % of world trade, and we cannot assure our development on our own.

"Gutta cavat lapidem." (Dripping water carves a stone.)

The Cyclopes growled, "I don't see very well since the last hero poked my eye out, but you're... NO... LADY... CYCLOPES!