Weak mortals, chained to the earth, creatures of clay as frail as the foliage of the woods, you unfortunate race, whose life is but darkness, as unreal as a shadow, the illusion of a dream.

Open your mouth and shut your eyes and see what Zeus will send you.

Youth ages, immaturity is outgrown, ignorance can be educated, and drunkenness sobered, but stupid lasts forever.

A man's homeland is wherever he prospers.

Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever.

Ignorance can be cured, but stupidity is forever

Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.

You cannot teach a crab to walk straight.

A man may learn wisdom even from a foe.

Characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner.

By words the mind is winged.

Leaving James was not something Nina had thought possible, but if she could do so and still keep her children, it might be better for them, as well as for her.

Children do not experience our intentions, no matter how heartfelt. They experience what we manifest in tone and behavior.

Everyone goes through all kinds of relationship situations. I'm lucky that I get to be on two comedy shows [during divorce].

I never forget that I'm extremely fortunate.

The thing about commuting internationally is that you have to be a lawyer or an airline steward to do it successfully.

I never accept lengthy film roles nowadays, because I am always so afraid I will die in the middle of shooting and cause such awful problems.

I think I get from my books what other people get from family or a relationship or from prayer.

Sow seeds of hope and enjoy optimism. Sow seeds of doubt and expect insecurity

If you have unity without variety, you have uniformity and that's boring. If you have variety without unity, you have anarchy.

The thing about working with time, instead of against it, he thought, is that it is not wasted. Even pain counts.