“The mongoose I want under the stairs when the snakes slither by.”

As a doctor I had no choice. As a philosopher I had too many.

Perception is a tool that’s pointed on both ends.

I have come not to make war on the Italians, but to aid the Italians against Rome.

I will either find a way or make one.

Discourtesy is unspeakably ugly to me.

God has given to man no sharper spur to victory than contempt of death.

We’re like socks. You can put us through a rough wash once, but you’ll never use us again.

The mirrors in your mind can reflect the best of yourself, not the worst of someone else.

We will find a way or we shall make one

All good things to those who wait.

Killing must feel good to God too. He does it all the time. Did God feel good about that? He felt powerful.

Words are living things. They have personality, point of view… agenda.

As your mother tells you, and my mother certainly told me, it is important, she always used to say, always to try new things.

We evolved the ability to communicate disappointment to teach those around us good manners

I was curious what would happen.

Your dreams were the one place you could be physically safe.

Like a clever reply that would have stunned all the other dinner guests – if only you had thought of it before walking down the stairs after the party is over

When I’m at home alone, I run up the stairs naked. It’s quite funny.

You will never feel alone, if you run down the stairs of loneliness; as every solitary step becomes your companion.

An escalator can never break: it can only become stairs.

Focus on the first step, not the whole staircase.