The mind that finds its way to wild places is the poet's; but the mind that never finds its way back is the lunatic's.

So many women just don't know how great they really are. They come to us all vogue outside and vague on the inside.

I have no idea. People who boast about their IQ are losers.

Any product that needs a manual to work is broken.

Human decency is not derived from religion. It precedes it.

There are no good girls gone wrong - just bad girls found out.

Authority, without any condition and reservation, belongs to the nation.

A man of honour should never forget what he is because he sees what others are.

You hear a lot of dialogue on the death of the American family. Families aren't dying. They're merging into big conglomerates.

Rhyme, that enslaved queen, that supreme charm of our poetry, that creator of our meter.

The day of individual happiness has passed

Even if you are divine, you don't disdain male consorts.

Deep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical universe that makes sense. But the real universe is always one step beyond logic.

He who possesses most must be most afraid of loss.

Who are you to judge the life I live? I know I'm not perfect-and I don't live to be-but before you start pointing fingers... make sure your hands are clean!

Our greatest foes - and whom we must chiefly combat - are within.

Could be worse . . . I could be Sting.

Reverence does not die with mortals, nor does it perish whether they live or die.

That which costs little is less valued.

I am not interested in picking up crumbs of compassion thrown from the table of someone who considers himself my master. I want the full menu of rights.

Tradition becomes our security, and when the mind is secure it is in decay.