Surely there never was so evil a thing as money, which maketh cities into ruinous heaps, and banisheth men from their houses, and turneth their thoughts from good unto evil.

One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.

Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.

The dice of Zeus always fall luckily.

Always desire to learn something useful

Believe that a further shore is reachable from here.

All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride.

Children are the anchors of a mother's life.

Heaven ne'er helps the men who will not act.

There is nothing more hateful than bad advice.

Go then if you must, but remember, no matter how foolish your deeds, those who love you will love you still.

In fiction: we find the predictable boring. In real life: we find the unpredictable terrifying.

If I had listened to the critics I'd have died drunk in the gutter

I know all the Latin-American rhythms quite well, but I don't play them exactly like they do in their own country - I add my personal touch.

Get low; grace will meet you there.

Love could never come to full fruition till it was destroyed.

Truth may have been found but might never be known.

Comedy is not commercial; it is risky, because what is funny in one place isn't always funny somewhere else.

For those who are on the roof become insolent as they don't know yet about the slope and the slipperiness of the roof!

An artist should always bite the hand that feeds him - but not too hard.

Change your story, change your life. Divorce the story of limitation, and marry the story of the truth and everything changes.