From no place can you exclude the fates. [Lat., Nullo fata loco possis excludere.]

Life is not merely to be alive, but to be well.

Why do strong arms fatigue themselves with frivolous dumbbells? To dig a vineyard is worthier exercise for men.

The spirit of the individual is determined by his dominating thought habits.

There is nothing more revolting than an old busybody.

I would not miss your face, your neck, your hands, your limbs, your bosom and certain other of your charms. Indeed, not to become boring by naming them all, I could do without you, Chloe, altogether.

Rarity gives a charm; so early fruits and winter roses are the most prized; and coyness sets off an extravagant mistress, while the door always open tempts no suitor.

Each day provides its own gifts.

Tomorrow's life is too late. Live today.

Here's a rule of life: You don't get to pick what bad things happen to you

There is no living with thee, nor without thee.

Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts... perhaps the fear of a loss of power.

Four months in the life of a seventeen-year-old is the stuff of swings and roundabouts

Good angels are fallible ... they sin every day and fall from Heaven like flies.

Through books and photographs, I saw a world that was not my own - and I realized that there was another world.

The practice of meditation is an ancient practice. It's been practiced in many lands, for many lifetimes. You may have practiced it before.

Most people, you do a TV series, it ends three, four, five years later; it's a relic.

History is not life, but since only life makes history, the union of the two is obvious.

You handle animals. You deal with people.

I think politics should be expressed in this way and not in other ways. And not just politics - sentiments, even certain states of being.

We never, ever in the history of mankind have had access to so much information so quickly and so easily.