They are only safe That know to soothe the prince's appetite, And serve his lusts.

To doubt is worse than to have lost; And to despair is but to antedate those miseries that must fall on us.

A willing mind makes a hard journey easy.

Malice scorned, puts out itself; but argued, give a kind of credit to a false accusation.

True dignity is never gained by place, and never lost when honors are withdrawn.

Be wise; soar not too high to fall; but stoop to rise.

It is true fortitude to stand firm against All shocks of fate, when cowards faint and die In fear to suffer more calamity.

How sweetly sounds the voice of a good woman! It is so seldom heard that, when it speaks,it ravishes all senses.

Giants in Their promises, but those obtained, weak pigmies In their performance.

He is not valiant that dares lie; but he that boldly bears calamity.

Thou art figured blind, and yet we borrow our best sight from thee.

Action without Vision is Blind

Equality may be a fiction but nonetheless one must accept it as a governing principle.

For me, I am still very happy to be able to do stage design as it's an opportunity to express the extreme.

We are all prisoners of our time and place.

Penance does not require hair shirts today; our neighbors are hair shirts.

One of the principal qualities that you need as national security adviser is trust, the trust of the president. And that depends on truth and it depends on honesty.

I will only make pictures that I won't be ashamed to have my children see.

The piano by its black and white keys always attracted me, my father showed me how to use... and slowly I got into playing.

Barcelona players are passing the ball at least 25 times to reach the goal, while Real Madrid's Xabi Alonso is doing this all in a single pass.

I wonder men dare trust themselves with men.