A ruler should be slow to punish and swift to reward.

My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope.

A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace.

Quarrels are the dowry which married folk bring one another.

Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.

Make the workmanship surpass the materials.

Love is no assignment for cowards.

Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all.

The man who has experienced shipwreck shudders even at a calm sea.

Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.

If you want to be loved, be lovable.

You know if the U.S. Government wanted to boost the economy there's a simple solution make Black Friday the refund date for your state and federal taxes

With doing the movies I've done I don't think I would be half the person I am today.

You see, but you do not observe.

On should life his life in such a way that even bastards remember him.

I'm not the kind of person who's always out at the club if I don't have to be. I like chilling. I think that comes across in my music.

It is always impossible until it is done.

I'll never forget where I came from, and that my home is forever Sweet Home Alabama!

I used to say I would never run unless I was being chased by someone with a gun. Now I'm a little obsessed with it!

It is better to go into a corner slow and come out fast, than to go in fast and come out dead.

The world could be anything, you know, It could be a solid state matrix of some sort. It could be an illusion. It could be a dream. I mean it really could be a dream.