All true love is grounded on esteem.

The world is made up, for the most part, of fools and knaves, both irreconcileable foes to truth.

The world's a forest, in which all lose their way; though by a different path each goes astray.

True wit is everlasting, like the sun; describing all men, but described by none.

Kisses are like grains of gold or silver found upon the ground, of no value themselves, but precious as showing that a mine is near.

What the devil does the plot signify, except to bring in fine things?

There are few have Dana's fortune, to have God and gold together.

To make initial inroads into manifesting a new life, first one has to acknowledge their current life.

Some girls had mothers who never called them beautiful but swore their love up and down. It's all the same, really. All bullshit.

The man who fears nothing is as powerful as he who is feared by everybody.

Decorating is not about making stage sets, it's not about making pretty pictures for the magazines, it's really about creating a quality of life, a beauty that nourishes the soul.

People who run for president seriously and people who become president enter a bizarre secret society in which they have had an experience that none of us will ever have.

Ending a television character that you've been, especially someone like Omar Little, it hurts. For me, it's a huge thing. You feel like a part of you is gone.

The ultimate, most holy form of theory is action.

Die,human! Die, silly polluting nasty person!

Money cannot buy the fuel of love but is excellent kindling.