Everyone must be given something he can grasp and recognize as his own idea.

However often you may have done them a favour, if you once refuse they forget everything except your refusal.

The happier time, the quicker it passes

And as in men's bodies, so in government, that disease is most serious which proceeds from the head.

It is difficult to retain what you may have learned unless you should practice it. -Difficile est tenere quae acceperis nisi exerceas

Too much polishing weakens rather than improves a work.

There is no book so bad that it is not profitable in some part. -Nullus est liber tam malus ut non aliqua parte prosit

Glory ought to be the consequence, not the motive of our actions.

It is wonderful how the mind is stirred and quickened into activity by brisk bodily exercise.

Everyone is prejudiced in favor of his own powers of discernment.

The erection of a monument is superfluous, our memory will endure if our lives have deserved it.

Be curious about the world in which you live. Look things up. Chase down every reference. Go deeper than anybody else--that's how you'll get ahead.

Sometimes a short cut is just a short cut to disaster.

What a cool name. Where'd you get it?""I've always had it.

The only thing at the back of my mind is longevity, and I'm really lucky that I've constantly been in work since I left drama school.

If a man amounts to much in this world, he must encounter many and varied annoyances whose number mounts as his effectiveness increases.

When I first came into this world, Elvis was already fat.

I will destroy my enemies by converting them to friends.

He is the greatest player in the world right now, without a doubt, he is the player who gives Brazilians the most joy. (on Ronaldinho)

I like that band Get Hustle. They're cool live. I haven't heard their records, though.

I'm a daughter of a minister and I love chasing the Dark. That which is hidden. I like licking it like ice cream