And, of all lies (be that one poet's boast) / The lie that flatters I abhor the most.

Variety's the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor.

Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no more.

...So let us welcome peaceful evening in.

An idler is a watch that wants both hands; As useless if it goes as when it stands.

Grief is itself a medicine.

How various his employments whom the world Calls idle; and who justly in return Esteems that busy world an idler too!

Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men; Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.

God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform. He plants his footsteps in the sea, and rides upon the storm.

I pity them greatly, but I must be mum, for how could we do without sugar and rum?

Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too.

You cannot drown a fish in the ocean, no matter how deep you sink it.

Every day I add to the list of things I refuse to discuss. The wiser the man, the longer the list.

I am not interested in what is pleasant. I'm interested in what's useful.

Cross country skiing is great if you live in a small country.

The human spy, in terms of the American espionage effort, had never been terribly pertinent.

The more one sees of human fate and the more one examines its secret springs of action, the more one is impressed by the strength of unconscious motives and by the limitations of free choice

I'm not the type to get ulcers. I give them.

We are not going to succeed because Taliban are masters of guerrilla warfare

I look upon all the world as my parish.

I'm at a point where I let my mind go with flow of the music I'm making and it's not interrupted by me trying to please everybody.