Ah, though a Roman, I am not less a man.

The greater the effort, the greater the glory.

A liar is always lavish of oaths.

Self-love is the source of all our other loves.

Heaven often regulates effects by their causes, and pays the wicked what they have deserved.

When there is no peril in the fight there is no glory in the triumph.

The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.

Clemency is the noblest trait which can reveal a true monarch to the world.

To take revenge halfheartedly is to court disaster; either condemn or crown your hatred.

He who plays advisor is no longer ambassador.

Time is a great manager: it arranges things well.

He wore his medals. He had a surprising number of them, the real kind, not the ones you got for turning up. Although turning up was no mean thing, some days.

Flawed genius is better than flawless talent.

Mercy is a source of life because we breathe our own spirits through it into the lives of others.

My dad had been shortstop when he was in college, and you know, when you're a kid, you want to be just like your dad.

Every love has a poetic relevance of its own; each love brings to light only what to it is relevant. Outside lies the junk-yard of what does not matter.

Our beliefs are what create our experiences. As we change our beliefs, we alter our perception, our version of reality.

Thinking big is only one part of being a successful entrepreneur.

HIV-positive people can lose custody of their children, lose their housing, and face intimate partner violence.

By perceiving ourselves as part of the river, we take responsibility for the river as a whole.

Everything that I play as an actress is a different aspect of me.