What rage for fame attends both great and small! Better be damned than mentioned not at all.

Midas, they say, possessed the art of old; Of turning whatsoe'er he touch'd to gold; This modern statesmen can reverse with ease - Touch them with gold, they'll turn to what you please.

Every gift, though it be small, is in reality great if given with affection.

The greatest men May ask a foolish question, now and then.

Enjoy thy stream, O harmless fish; And when an angler for his dish, Through gluttony's vile sin, Attempts, the wretch, to pull thee out, God give thee strength, O gentle trout, To pull the rascal in!

People may have too much of a good thing: Full as an egg of wisdom thus I sing.

It is money makes the mare to trot.

The turnpike road to people's hearts, I find, Lies through their mouths or I mistake mankind.

To wear long faces, just as if our Maker, The God of goodness, was an undertaker.

Some one has said of a fine and honorable old age, that it was the childhood of immortality.

No, let the monarch's bags and others hold The flattering, mighty, nay, al-mighty gold.

A nation that can't control its energy sources can't control its future.

His mouth descended on hers in a fierce kiss.He seized, he captured.He dominated.And she loved every second of it.

I don't think I'll ever be comfortable with the idea of being famous.

Unless you have spent your life doing something, you are not likely to be successful, so always partner with people who are smarter than you.

You don't have to be big to be great.

It is not enough to have a song on your lips. You must also have a song in your heart.

The most dangerous of our calculations are those we call illusions.

What is the main problem of the actor? It is to keep the audience awake, and not let them go to sleep, then wake up and go home feeling they've wasted their money.

Children do live in fantasy and reality; they move back and forth very easily in a way we no longer remember how to do.

When you realize that we're the spirit that's in our bodies and our bodies are like the vehicles that take us around, you realize that you have to take care of that body.