"Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind."

"The state comes into existence for the sake of life and continues to exist for the sake of good life."

"Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age."

"Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil."

"President Obama chose politics over leadership. 'Hope' and 'Change' have become bait-and-switch."

"My diminished girth, in tailor phraseology, was hardly conceivable even by my own friends, or my respected medical adviser, until I put on my former clothing, over what I now wear, which is a thoroughly convincing proof of the remarkable change."

"I don't have a collection, but I have a thing with jackets. I really like jackets. Whether it's an '80s motorbike jacket, or a Victorian jacket. I could wear the same jeans every day for months, but the jacket would be the thing that would change a lot."

"Everything will change. The only question is growing up or decaying."