To live with glory, or with glory die, This is the brave man's part.

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.

He was the sort of man who only wanted to be told what he already assumed was true.

Everything that informs us of something useful that we didn't already know is a potential signal. If it matters and deserves a response, its potential is actualized.

Once again, we shall have to operate not only outside the box, but outside the room containing the box.

Any work I do I think is important...like in acting there are no small parts- only small actors.

Allow regular time for silent reflection. Turn inward and digest what has happened. Let the senses rest and grow still.

I don't like to be provocative for the sake of being provocative.

Of all the things that make for happiness, the love of books comes first. No matter how the world may have used us, sure solace lies there.

All human excellence is but comparative — there are persons who excel us, as much as we fancy we excel the meanest.

The more you think of yourself as shining immortal spirit, the more eager you will be to be absolutely free of matter, body, and senses. This is the intense desire to be free.

We must not be afraid of dreaming the seemingly impossible if we want the seemingly impossible to become a reality.