As mais belas jóias, sem defeito, com o uso o encanto perdem.

É mais fácil obter o que se deseja com um sorriso do que à ponta da espada.

Há mais perigo em teus olhos do que em vinte espadas!

As juras mais fortes consomem-se no fogo da paixão como a mais simples palha.

Chorar sobre as desgraças passadas é a maneira mais segura de atrair outras.

Não há arauto mais perfeito da alegria do que o silêncio. Eu sentir-me-ia muito pouco feliz se me fosse possível dizer a que ponto o sou.

Há mais coisas no céu e na terra, Horácio, do que sonha a tua filosofia.

Ter um filho ingrato é mais doloroso do que a mordida de uma serpente!

A beleza provoca o ladrão mais do que o ouro.

Se todo o ano fosse de férias alegres, divertirmo-nos tornar-se-ia mais aborrecido do que trabalhar.

De todas as paixões baixas, o medo é a mais amaldiçoada.

As coisas mais mesquinhas enchem de orgulho os indivíduos baixos.

Tenha paciência. Tudo aquilo que você deseja, se for verdadeiro, e o mais importante: se for para ser seu, acontecerá.

O meu amor eu guardo para os mais especiais. Não sigo todas as regras da sociedade e às vezes ajo por impulso. Erro, admito. aprendo, ensino. Todos erram um dia: por descuido, inocência ou maldade. Conservar algo que faça eu recordar de ti seria o mesmo que admitir que eu pudesse esquecer-te.

Algumas quedas servem para que levantemos mais felizes.

Devagar! Quem mais corre, mais tropeça!

Uma pessoa é única ao estender a mão, e ao recolhê-la inesperadamente torna-se mais uma. O egoísmo unifica os insignificantes.

Que a melhor sala de aula do mundo está aos pés de uma pessoa mais velha; Que quando você está amando dá na vista; Que ter uma criança adormecida em seus braços é um dos momentos mais pacíficos do mundo.

Maturidade tem mais a ver com o tipo de experiência que você teve na vida, do que com quantas velas você apagou.

Há mais mistérios entre o céu e a terra do que a vã filosofia dos homens possa imaginar.

People want to come to Pakistan but are not given visas. We wish for visas to be given to those people who want to come to Pakistan.

India is at the vanguard of figuring out how to exploit technology and innovation on behalf of democratic accountability.

I wouldn't want to be 20 again for anything.

My life has changed for the better. It's just amazing. I have to catch myself sometimes. It's like a dream. It's a great thing.

Your look reflects what's happening in your mind. You gotta have some swag to you.

To be able to work with actors who are doing such good work, not only makes it easier for you, but it makes you better.

It might be a huge hit, it might not; but you learn something doing it.

Dramatics are what keep you in the seats.

It's not necessary to have read everything about a particular subject in order to get interested in it. The main thing is to sort out what's important and what is peripheral in order to be able to dive in.

The first step is clearly defining what it is you're after, because without knowing that, you'll never get it.

We're in a world that celebrates things: success, beauty, money. And I reckon that's really about 4 per cent of the world. The rest of us are just getting on with it.

It's not about composition. It's the way you feel about how your objects should relate to each other. I've got lots of African statues and things, and the cleaner arranges them like soldiers, which drives me mad. So I have to rearrange them, and I must drive her mad, because I'm doing anarchy and she's doing military manoeuvres.

The most important thing for small businesses is getting the economy back on its feet. That - the key driver of small business activity is demand for their product, and that is what we are trying to do, getting the economy back on its feet. That's far more important than other factors.

I take issue with those who criticize 'The Biggest Loser' for pushing contestants too hard. The whole point is to push them hard. Otherwise, there's no change.

I like journalists.

No battle is worth fighting except the last one.

Looking at me now, it might be hard to believe that I didn't even have hair in my armpits when I graduated from high school. I guarantee you I was the last guy to go through puberty in my class.

It is exciting to work with students thinking about issues of the day, from closing the achievement gap to finding a cure for cancer.

Airports in major cities, like LAX, are trippy environments. It is at once a national and international gathering of those in transition: The euphoric, emerging from planes, their journey at an end, and the determined, about to depart.

My father could swear in Gaelic and English, by the way, ladies and gentlemen.

I remain attached to my nation.

Animals do not admire each other. A horse does not admire its companion.

I'm not a princess. My mother is, not I. I am the niece of a head of state. And with this status, I have some representational duties - nothing very constraining or very exceptional.

Of course same sex marriage is constitutional! The right to be yourself, to pursue life, liberty, and property, is protected several ways over several amendments. John Boehner should know this.