Old trees in their living state are the only things that money cannot command.

The spirit of Greece, passing through and ascending above the world, hath so animated universal nature, that the very rocks and woods, the very torrents and wilds burst forth with it.

No ashes are lighter than those of incense, and few things burn out sooner.

There is nothing on earth divine except humanity.

Truth, like the juice of the poppy, in small quantities, calms men; in larger, heats and irritates them, and is attended by fatal consequences in excess.

We are no longer happy so soon as we wish to be happier.

A man's vanity tells him what is honor, a man's conscience what is justice.

My thoughts are my company; I can bring them together, select them, detain them, dismiss them.

Friendship is a vase, which, when it is flawed by heat, or violence, or accident, may as well be broken at once; it can never be trusted after.

The Siren waits thee, singing song for song.

A good cook is the peculiar gift of the gods. He must be a perfect creature from the brain to the palate, from the palate to the finger's end.

Nobody ever arrives at a very big idea through a conscious, rational thought process. It comes from your unconscious.

It is not enough to say we were born to be Republicans, it's more precise to say Republicanism is part of our DNA.

I can't write what I don't believe in.

I believe that pluralistic secularism, in the long run, is a more deadly poison than straightforward persecution.

Tis well to borrow from the good and the great; 'Tis wise to learn: 'tis God-like to create!

E'en the rough rocks with tender myrtle bloom, and trodden weeds send out a rich perfume.

I think therapy is a rather misguided notion of capitalist societies whereby the self-indulgent examination of one's life supersedes the actual living of said life.

I chose the most explosive dress I could find. I put a ton of makeup on and some great round earrings. I looked like Jennifer Jones in Duel in the Sun.

Sometimes fear comes, not before the battle or even in the midst of the battle, but after we have won the victory.