Flight is lawful, when one flies from tyrants.

There are no secrets that time does not reveal.

Love is not a fire to be shut up in a soul. Everything betrays us: voice, silence, eyes; half-covered fires burn all the brighter.

A noble heart cannot suspect in others the pettiness and malice that it has never felt.

Extreme justice is often injustice.

Love is not dumb. The heart speaks many ways.

Sun, I come to see you for the last time.

The principal rule of art is to please and to move. All the other rules were created to achieve this first one.

How good is God! How sweet his yoke!

A tragedy need not have blood and death; it's enough that it all be filled with that majestic sadness that is the pleasure of tragedy.

The face of tyranny Is always mild at first.

Just because you can't see something doesn't mean it's not there.

The essence of coexistence is quite simple: live and respect how others live.

It isn't 'Too late now', shouldn't it be 'From now on'? That is the password that will take away the regret.

A finger beckons.My choice is to turn away.It is a mistake.

There are a million talented writers who are unpublished only because they stop writing when it gets hard.

I see no conflict between saving people's lives and defending the Second Amendment.

I really don't know where the independent fits in anymore when twenty-five million dollar movies are considered straight-to-video fare. We're like penny postage stamps.

Life is more a matter of choosing than knowing. He could never know the eventual destination of his path, but he could always choose in which direction to take each step.

I may have a lot of political opinions but it doesn't necessarily come into my work. I keep the two worlds separate.

Sir, if you ever presume again to speak disrespectfully of General Grant in my presence, either you or I will sever his connection with this university.