All evils are equal when they are extreme. [Fr., Et tous maux sont pareils alors qu'ils sont extremes.]

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.

The love we have in our youth is superficial compared to the love that an old man has for his old wife.

Zeroes are important. A million seconds ago was last week. A billion seconds ago, Richard Nixon resigned the presidency. A trillion seconds ago was 30,000 BC, and early humans were using stone tools.

A stirring warmth flowed from her, as if her heart was trying to come out to you concealed in one of those breathless, thrilling words.

Emotions are a critical source of information for learning.

I project that this next election - the 2016 election - if it is about anything thematically, it is going to be about that sense of rage and displacement among white working-class voters.

'Caroline In The City' was such an interesting thing, because I'd never been on the set of a sitcom or even auditioned for a sitcom when they gave me that part.

We had something to say. Whenever we played, people didn't dance, they listened.

Every citizen has to figure out what kind of government he or she wants.

Whats immediately profitable is the only kind of logic that capitalism understands.

When forced to choose, I will not trade even a night's sleep for the chance of extra profits.