I am the Roman Emperor, and am above grammar.
A knowledge of mankind and of things that surround us gives us that second education which proves far move valuable than our first because it alone turns out a truly accomplished man.
It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action.
If we all said to people's faces what we say behind one another's backs, society would be impossible.
Though the human heart may have to pause for rest when climbing the heights of affection it rarely stops on the slippery slope of hatred.
When you doubt your power, you give power to your doubt.
Behind every great fortune lies a great crime.
An authentic updating of sacred music can take place only in the lineage of the great tradition of the past, of Gregorian chant and sacred polyphony.
The ability of a person to atone has always been the most remarkable of human features.
She jerked hastily back to avoid stepping on it, and her shoulder bumped his--he put a hand out to steady her, just as she turned to apologize and then she was somehow in the circle of his arm and he was kissing her.
. . . the larger the crowd, the more probable that that which it praises is folly, and the more improbable that it is truth; and the most improbable of all that it is any eternal truth.