For man is a giddy thing, and this is my conclusion.

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.

It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

No legacy is so rich as honesty.

God has given you one face, and you make yourself another.

It is not in our stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

The Eyes are the window to your soul

What a terrible era in which idiots govern the blind.

Hell is empty and all the devils are here.

The moment in time is unrepeatable.

Good or bad is created by humans and pertains only to them.

Scientists are the true driving force of civilization.

Once a federal law or policy is in place it is more difficult to kill than a vampire.

You can never control how people respond to your work. You can only control your own work ethic.

Before my secret meeting with the Pope I asked him to come wearing white if deep down he agreed with the Reformation. Pretty crazy.

What is literature, really? Boiled down to a single sentence, I'd say it's this: an endless conversation about what it means to be human. And to read literature is to engage in that conversation.

I don't think the news department will have to lie down and play dead like it has in the past. By and large the network has been understanding, but then so have I.

America is a new country, and maybe patriotism helps Americans create unity, since it is a melting pot. But nationalism in Europe has a strong history, as you may know.

Sing in me, muse, of arms and a man, who first from the shores of Troy.