I was a writer since I was a little kid. It just always sort of fit for me.
The eye that gazes upon the sun sees not the orb it looks upon, confounded by the excess of its brightness.
If our inward griefs were seen written on our brow, how many would be pitied who are now envied! [It. , Se a ciascun l'interno affanno Si leggesse in fronte scritto, Quanti mai, che invidia fanno, Ci farebbero pieta!].
Love is a feeling that comes into our hearts of our own choice for neither force nor harshness can limit the heart's freedom.
Every noble acquisition is attended with its risks; he who fears to encounter the one must not expect to obtain the other.
The pilot who is always dreading a rock or a tempest must not complain if he remain a poor fisherman. We must at times trust, something to fortune, for fortune has often some share in what happens.
Cowards' weapons neither cut nor pierce.
A good mathematical joke is better, and better mathematics, than a dozen mediocre papers.
Nothing that we do, is done in vain. I believe, with all my soul, that we shall see triumph.
You know, if Nicole Kidman was a rock star, she'd be alot more professional than me, I'm sorry.
The fox changes his skin but not his habits.