Man does not strive for happiness; only the Englishman does that.
Wise judges are we of each other!
If you give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest of men, I will find something in them which will hang him.
Friendship is the medicine for all misfortune; but ingratitude dries up the fountain of all goodness.
Nothing is as dangerous for the state as those who would govern kingdoms with maxims found in books.
I was excellent. Everybody loved me. I love myself, and I like bums.
Nothing so upholds the laws as the punishment of persons whose rank is as great as their crime.
[John] Calvin's Institutes is often called a summary of Christian piety. You can't say that about many modern works of theology. You can say it of Calvin.
The most outrageous shoe that I had to do was a shoe where the person gave me stones - precious stones - and say that I could do anything with precious stones.
Some artists approach their 'why?' intuitively, and work toward giving it a voice through their technical skill. Others begin as technicians, and develop, or discover, their 'why?' as they become stronger communicators.
I guess I'm adaptable. You know, I turn up at work and [photographers] can kind of do what they want with me, really.