Those who have experienced good and bad luck many times have every reason to be skeptical of successes

The strong do what they have to do and the weak accept what they have to accept.

The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding go out to meet it.

We must remember that one man is much the same as another, and that he is best who is trained in the severest school.

Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and respect of self, in turn, is the chief element in courage.

Most people, in fact, will not take the trouble in finding out the truth, but are much more inclined to accept the first story they hear.

You should punish in the same manner those who commit crimes with those who accuse falsely.

When will there be justice in Athens? There will be justice in Athens when those who are not injured are as outraged as those who are.

We Greeks believe that a man who takes no part in public affairs is not merely lazy, but good for nothing

Love of power, operating through greed and through personal ambition, was the cause of all these evils.

Hope is an expensive commodity. It makes better sense to be prepared.

I'm never going to go to Mars, but I've helped inspire, thank goodness, the people who built the rockets and sent our photographic equipment off to Mars.

Sorrow, like rain makes roses and mud.

Fame - anyone who says he doesn't like it is crazy

Nothing is more hackneyed than the liberal dogma that shock value confers automatic importance on an artwork.

Alexander Gustafsson was never my friend

I would like to have three or four kids.

Currency warfare is the most destructive form of economic warfare.

The worst thing is a rainy day with no laughs

So many people walk around with a meaningless life. They seem half-asleep, even when they're busy doing things they think are important. This is because they're chasing the wrong things.

Nobody has shot a strip club in black and white in a long time.