An example is often a deceptive mirror, and the order of destiny, so troubling to our thoughts, is not always found written in things past

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.

We would rather be ruined than changed. We would rather die in our dread than climb the cross of the moment and see our illusions die.

Ready or not, here I comeI'm so tired of this dumb game of hide and seekOlly olly oxen freeShow yourself, you're scaring meCome out, come out, where ever you areYou've taken this thing way too far

The eastern sky above the firs was flushed faintly pink from the reflection of the west, and Anne was wondering dreamily if the spirit of color looked like that…

My developing sense was that the foundation of a story is an emotional foundation. If a story does not work emotionally, it does not work at all.

There are a few things that even sarcasm can't protect you from.

Of two heroes, he who esteems his rivals the most is the greatest.

I urge telecommunications regulators to develop a commercial strategy for delivering effective access to the continent.

I shall confess at the outset that it was only shortly after the beginning of this century that I entered active life - with a somewhat precocious capacity for involvement.

I guess I have to prove myself all over again, even if it's to the world. I don't have a problem doing that.

I even feel grateful for the failures.