“Riches and honors, power and pleasure, have waited on my call, nor does any earthly blessing appear to be wanting for my felicity.”

In this situation, I have diligently numbered the days of pure and genuine happiness which have fallen to my lot: they amount to fourteen

O man, place not thy confidence in this present world!

I have now reigned above fifty years in victory and peace, beloved by my subjects, dreaded by my enemies, and respected by my allies.

One of the biggest and most pleasant surprises is that, even when you have that need to keep up an appearance of being right or knowing, there is life after admitting you don’t know and that’s beautiful.

They dispute not in order to find or even to seek Truth, but for victory, and to appear the more learned and strenuous upholders of a contrary opinion. Such persons should be avoided by all who have not a good breastplate of patience.

In college, I was an editor on the student daily… To the extent that I noticed the existence of crew at all, I saw only what appeared to be big-boned acolytes who rose at dawn.

Whether this happens because they stay so long and attend their work so diligently that they forget the faces and persons, which they first sat down with, or whatever it is, they seldom rise from the toilet the same woman they appeared when they began to dress

Why does it take two days for a polaroid of John Major to appear?

Do not doubt that mountains walk simply because they may not appear to walk like humans.

From the absolute will of an entire people there is no appeal, no redemption, no refuge but treason.

Later, I even appeared in a Rock Opera with Richard Gere.