“It is better to suffer once than to be in perpetual apprehension.”

Go on, my friend, and fear nothing; you carry Caesar and his fortune in your boat.

If you must break the law, do it to seize power: in all other cases observe it.

Men in general are quick to believe that which they wish to be true.

In war, events of importance are the result of trivial causes.

Fortune, which has a great deal of power in other matters but especially in war, can bring about great changes in a situation through very slight forces.

No music is so charming to my ear as the requests of my friends, and the supplications of those in want of my assistance.

The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings.

It’s only hubris if I fail.

Men willingly believe what they wish.

The die is cast.

I came, I saw, I conquered.

Creating is the essence of life.

All bad precedents begin as justifiable measures.

I have lived long enough both in years and in accomplishments.

In the end, it is impossible not to become what others believe you are.

I have always reckoned the dignity of the republic of first importance and preferable to life.

I once asked a bird, how is it that you fly in this gravity of darkness? She responded, ‘love lifts me.’

Landscape photography is the supreme test of the photographer – and often the supreme disappointment.

In difficult and desperate cases, the boldest counsels are the safest.

These days my bones are shifting, trembled things. I am more earthquake than anything.

Tis held that sorrow makes us wise.

I work so hard to make that sure I’m successful. If you’re positive and really excited and enthusiastic about what you’re doing, it’s going to happen, and it’s going to happen big time.

I know you’ve heard it a thousand times before. But it’s true – hard work pays off. If you want to be good, you have to practice, practice, practice. If you don’t love something, then don’t do it.

I will tell you one thing, though: I grew like hell from it.