“All bad precedents begin as justifiable measures.”

The die is cast.

I came, I saw, I conquered.

Creating is the essence of life.

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

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.

Caesar’s wife must be above suspicion.

As a rule, what is out of sight disturbs men’s minds more seriously than what they see.

In extreme danger fear feels no pity.

The greatest enemy will hide in the last place you would ever look.

There are no tricks in plain and simple faith.

Men at some time are masters of their fates.

It is the right of war for conquerors to treat those whom they have conquered according to their pleasure.

Let us go where the gods have shown us the way and the injustice of our enemies calls us.

Bid me run, and I will strive with things impossible.

You are not making the change because you are a bad person and you are doing it wrong. You make changes because you love yourself and you want to improve the quality of your life.

Chemistry can be a good and bad thing. Chemistry is good when you make love with it. Chemistry is bad when you make crack with it.

If circumstances are bad and you have to bear them, do not make them a part of yourself.

Life is figuring out how bad you want it.

Another solid run through Central Park. Admittedly, six miles turns out to be a bad idea after a full day in heels!

Most of us do not like to look inside ourselves for the same reason we don’t like to open a letter that has bad news.

I hope you are reading to your children, out loud. That’s much better than watching television, much better. They won’t get very much out of television except some bad thoughts.

I think as far as the music industry is concerned, it’s kind of been the wild, wild West in a way with the Internet, which is not necessarily a bad thing to me.