In outward show so splendid and so vain; 'tis but a gilded block without a brain.

The only problem with seeing too much is that it makes you insane.

Everyone is bound to bear patiently the results of his own example.

An alliance with a powerful person is never safe.

That only is a disgrace to a man which he has deserved to suffer.

It is the part of a fool to give advice to others and not himself to be on his guard.

A learned man has always riches in himself.

Success tempts many to their ruin.

Witticisms please as long as we keep them within boundaries, but pushed to excess they cause offense.

Things are not always as they seem; the first appearance deceives many.

The mind ought sometimes to be diverted that it may return to better thinking.

The humble are in danger when those in power disagree.

I would rather not be a king than to forfeit my liberty.

Submit to the present evil, lest a greater one befall you.

Gentleness is the antidote for cruelty.

In outward show so splendid and so vain; 'tis but a gilded block without a brain.

The bow kept taut will quickly break, kept loosely strung, it will serve you when you need it.

Strangers he gulls, but friends make fun of him.

The intelligence of few perceives what has been carefully hidden in the recesses of the mind.

Whoever is detected in a shameful fraud is ever after not believed even if they speak the truth.

In a change of masters the poor change nothing except their master's name.

Things are not always what they seem; the first appearance deceives many; the intelligence of a few perceives what has been carefully hidden.

Witty remarks are all very well when spoken at a proper time when out of place they are offensive.

A coward boasting of his courage may deceive strangers but he is a laughing stock to those who know him.

I never wanted to be a playwright.

The stylish kids on the street, they're the ones that set the trends. The designers see what they're doing and go and design their line and sell it back to the same kids, and it's like, why not go directly to the source?

I'm very open and honest, and I feel like it's important for women to hear that we're not perfect; none of us are perfect. And sometimes we aspire to have these ideas in our heads of what perfection is, and I probably would've been better off if I'd left myself alone.

Feminism is a transformational force an individual and social force. It is a way of looking at the world a questioning of powerdomination issues an affirmation of womens energy.

The joy late coming late departs.

I say have the night and give people the awards, but why do people want to watch people win awards? What are they getting out of it? I don't quite get it. Because they have awards all the time; there's awards for butchers, the best meat served, but they don't televise it. I don't know why they do it for films or TV programs.

Everything that I do has to be something new and something challenging, or with people that I want to work with. I take jobs for different reasons.

It begins with a spark that ignites into an inferno, and while a spark is harmless, an inferno almost always burns. You are the spark, Rose.

Humanism involves far more than the negation of supernaturalism. It requires an affirmative philosophy...translated into a life devoted to ones own improvement and the service of all mankind.

When I have supped too heavily of an evening, I drink in the morning a large number of cups of coffee, and that as hot as I can drink it, so that the sweat breaks out on me, and if by so doing I can't restore my body, a whole apothecary's shop couldn't do much, and that is the only thing I have done for years when I have felt a fever.

Politics means facing up to hard choices and facing down prejudice, short-termism, the easy, tempting court of knee-jerk public reaction.

The war on terror, sometimes known as the 'Global War on Terror' or by the clunky acronym GWOT, became the lens through which the Bush administration judged almost all of its foreign policy decisions. That proved to be dangerously counterproductive on several levels.

Pressure for the most part comes from this overarching concern that if I head into the election season without sufficient resources, then any outside group, any individual, any super PAC may choose to come in to my district and overwhelm it and take over the airwaves and control the debate.

Practice the art of patience for nature never acts in haste.

The principles that should guide American foreign policy are simple: the world is safer when America leads, only strength ensures peace and freedom, and America must stand with its allies and challenge its adversaries.

If you're lucky enough to find a guy with a lot of head and a lot of heart, he's never going to come off the field second.

We are in a time when the Peace Corps mission is more vital than ever, and the organization is at a 30-year high in the number of volunteers in the field. The Peace Corps is currently in 69 posts and serving 75 countries across the globe.

For many years, I was obsessed about what I was eating, how many calories it had, and how much exercise I'd have to do.

In the beginning, there were Real Programmers.

The Phil Spector that I would meet has always been a nice, quiet, little guy who's very serious about his work; obviously you can tell that because each and everything he's ever done has always been charted.

The Supreme Court is not elected, and it is therefore not a proper arbiter of social policy.

I don't have any rules when it comes to clothes. I'll wear anything if it fits and looks good.

Japan has only 100m people. Asia has 4bn. At least one-third, maybe nearly half, will become middle class, and this is a big opportunity for Japanese businessmen.

Inside everyone is a great shout of joy waiting to be born.