Why can’t I remember that not once have I ever seen a coin, whether grimy copper or bright gold, that had but one side.

He wore the memory of her embrace like armor, and though he knew it would not save his life, it would be all that was left to him to ease his passage into whatever lay beyond.

Since my arrival in Rome, I have had many opportunities to wonder if compassion’s opposite is cruelty, or to reflect whether or not indifference would serve as a better black to its white.

We would soon be on our way to war, where mercy is unwise and kindness has no place.

Ignorance is an underrated virtue, my lord.

Pride costs nothing, yet it is especially precious when it can be “purchased” at someone else’s expense.

Some men simply refuse to appear insulted. But then, having felt the sting from the slap on their cheek, know just where to slip the knife, their smile never fading.

I advise, however, moderation in this task of setting goals, or else risk becoming tangled up in a Gordian knot of life’s many disappointments.

Oh, the unintended consequences of perfidy!

I can think of no greater way to live my life than with as much love as I can give, as often as I can give it.

Relationships are where we humans get our greatest education.

Let us learn to appreciate there will be times when the trees will be bare, and look forward to the time when we may pick the fruit.

I think [Karl] Marx, Pope John XXIII or Rosa Luxemburg [had achieved the mode of existence].But it would be useless to look at a list of illustrious names.

Some nights, valor and cold purpose aren't enough.

It is unjust to exact that men shall do out of deference to our advice what they have no desire to do for themselves.

I once read that in any good marriage, one partner is the gardener and the other is the garden. We take it in turns to be either.

Fake is as old as the Eden tree.

Life is for action, and if we desire to know anything, we must make up our minds to be ignorant about much.

Blue is therefore most suitable as the color of interior life.