For man is a plant, not fixed in the earth, nor immovable, but heavenly, whose head, rising as it were from a root upwards, is turned towards heaven.

I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.

The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.

An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.

When Demosthenes was asked what was the first part of Oratory, he answered, "Action," and which was the second, he replied, "action," and which was the third, he still answered "Action.

Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.

The real destroyer of the liberties of the people is he who spreads among them bounties, donations and benefits.

Barba non facit philosophum

To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.

Time is the wisest of all counselors.

No beast is more savage than man when possessed with power answerable to his rage.

Only those you trust can betray you.

There's enough drama in my life whether I want it or not. There's enough going on right now to keep my head spinning all the time.

The road to the Super Bowl runs through Pittsburgh, sooner or later you've got to go to Pittsburgh.

I mean, I'm lucky because I've slimmed down, but the last thing I was thinking about was losing weight.

Sleep would be so welcome. A warm blanket of black to erase everything else. Sleep without dreams.

It seems to me that readers sometimes make the genesis of a poem more mysterious than it is (by that I perhaps mean, think of it as something outside their own experience)

Its easy to lose sight of what you want when you think you want everything.

Every time I perform in front of people, no matter how well it goes, the next day, I feel humiliated.

The word 'Spanx' was funny. It made people laugh. No one ever forgot it.

Perhaps all anxiety might derive from a fixation on moments - an inability to accept life as ongoing.