There is as much ingenuity in making an felicitous application of an passage as in being the author of it.

The censure of those who are opposed to us, is the highest commendation that can be given us.

Nothing is more usual than the sight of old people who yearn for retirement: and nothing is so rare than those who have retired and do not regret it.

Reputation is rarely proportioned to virtue.

The foolish moments of the head are often the most wonderful times of the heart.

It well becomes a man who is no longer young to forget that he ever was.

Living one's life as if it is a competition between oneself and others, is an inevitable path to a stressful life.

Marx himself wrote that capitalism produces above all its own gravediggers. Do you think that perhaps he wasn't talking about capitalism?

The most intolerant advocate is he who is trying to convince himself.

Play is hand-to-hand encounter with Fate.

You must allow yourself to start thinking BIGGER and acting BOLDER with regards to what's possible for you. Seriously. Don't wait. Start now.

It is always useful to think badly about people one has exploited or plans to exploit.

What good did it do to light the world on fire if she had to watch the glow alone?

I get butterflies in my stomach before I perform. I love them! They let me know I'm ready to perform, that I'm ready to rock out on stage.

Sometimes what I'm writing is more important to me than the rest of my life. It's more important to me that I'm writing well than anything else.

Down in the water, Octavian yelled, “Get me out of here! I’ll kill you!” “Tempting,” Percy called down.