Justice being taken away, then, what are kingdoms but great robberies? For what are robberies themselves, but little kingdoms.
Your best is whatever you can do comfortably without having a breakdown.
While I fear that we're drawn to what abandons us, and to what seems most likely to abandon us, in the end I believe we're defined by what embraces us.
Any book is better than no book. Slowly, surely, one will lead you to another, which will lead you to the best.
Write every day; never give up; it's supposed to be difficult; try to find some pleasure and reward in the act of writing, because you can't look for praise from editors, readers, or critics. In other words, tips that are much easier to give than to take.
Some of football's gaudiest displays of manliness are purely aesthetic. It's not what players do, it's how they look doing it.
To be a man, a boy must see a man
How many are the pains of those who hunger for revenge! They gnaw away at themselves constantly, and they have killed themselves even before they kill their enemies.
I would rather fight with my hands than my tongue.
Music is my No. 1 passion. If you made me choose between music and food, it's definitely music.
When work is no more than a means to an end, it cannot be of high quality.