If I am asked 'what is good?' my answer is that good is good, and that is the end of the matter.

Other men it is said have seen angels, but I have seen thee and thou art enough.

Beauty has wings, and too hastily flies, and love, unrewarded, soon sickens and dies.

I am free in performing an action if I could have done otherwise if I had chosen to.

Now, in my opinion, a woman has no business with Power-Power admits no equal, and dismisses friendship for flattery. Besides, it keeps the men at a distance, and that is not always what we wish.

Faith goes out through the window when beauty comes in at the door.

All moral laws are merely statements that certain kinds of actions will have good effects.

'Tis now the summer of your youth: time has not cropped the roses from your cheek, though sorrow long has washed them.

Ay, rail at gaming - 'tis a rich topic, and affords noble declamation. Go, preach against it in the city - you'll find a congregation in every tavern.

The lot of critics is to be remembered by what they failed to understand.

Can't I another's face commend, Or to her virtues be a friend, But instantly your forehead louers, As if her merit lessen'd yours?

It's the oldest story in the world. One day you're 17 planning for someday and then quietly, without you ever noticing, someday today. And then someday yesterday. And this is your life.

And government's only role is to secure our rights for us.

I never considered myself a performance artist.

The judge also has a truth he wants to hide: He often hasn't been completely candid in describing the facts or the law.

I do not ask for my rights. I have no rights. I have only wrongs.

The nearer she came to death, the more, by some perversity of nature, did she enjoy living.

We're not losing the peace.

Hot oil! We need hot oil!... Forget the water balloons!

What was the point of a sacrifice if it wasn't meant for the ones you loved?

I believe that sometimes people come into your life at exactly the right moment to give you exactly what you need at that moment.