Moreover, I consider that Carthage should be destroyed.

Wise men profit more from fools than fools from wise men; for the wise men shun the mistakes of fools, but fools do not imitate the successes of the wise.

Those who are serious in ridiculous matters will be ridiculous in serious matters.

I prefer to do right and get no thanks than to do wrong and receive no punishment.

After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one.

Furthermore, I think Carthage must be destroyed.

We cannot control the evil tongues of others; but a good life enables us to disregard them.

The hero saves us. Praise the hero! Now, who will save us from the hero?

I think the first virtue is to restrain the tongue; he approaches nearest to gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.

There is a wide difference between true courage and a mere contempt of life.

If you are ruled by mind you are a king; if by body, a slave.

On getting lost in a book. Set adriftA life unknownConnections formLove is sewn

Letting go is impossible when you're holding a grudge." -Faydra D. Fields

As you get older you learn some balance and mediation in your life - that's where I am right now. I feel pretty comfortable about things.

There are people that regardless of what it is, if it's something that's stressful, whatever it may be, they don't eat, they lose a lot of weight, a divorce, they get real thin. I'm the opposite.

The art of living is simply getting up after you've been knocked down.

The only reason we wore sunglasses onstage was because we couldn't stand the sight of the audience.

The portrayal of post-traumatic stress disorder and things like that felt really big and important.

I didn't consider myself a huge baby person. I'm not like, "Oh my god! I want to hold every baby!" And some women just have that engraved in their minds.

Don't ever interrupt me again. And next time you do, show me the proper respect.

My motto is: walk expropriating and igniting, always leaving behind me howls of moral offenses and smoking trunks of old things.