A robin red-breast in a cage, puts all of Heaven in a rage. Think to yourself that every day is your last. The hour to which you do not look forward will come as a welcome surprise. As for me, when you want a good laugh, you will find me in fine state... fat and sleek, a true hog of Epicurus's herd.

It's not what you appreciate; it's that you appreciate.

Your dreams were the one place you could be physically safe.

As your mother tells you, and my mother certainly told me, it is important, she always used to say, always to try new things.

Killing must feel good to God too. He does it all the time. Did God feel good about that? He felt powerful.

The mirrors in your mind can reflect the best of yourself, not the worst of someone else.

I have come not to make war on the Italians, but to aid the Italians against Rome.