As well the soldier dieth who standeth still as he that gives the bravest onset.

It is the nature of the strong heart, that like the palm tree it strives ever upwards when it is most burdened.

In forming a judgment, lay your hearts void of foretaken opinions; else, whatsoever is done or said, will be measured by a wrong rule; like them who have jaundice, to whom everything appears yellow.

It is a great happiness to be praised of them that are most praise-worthy.

My true love hath my heart, and I have his

The ingredients of health and long life, are great temperance, open air, easy labor, and little care.

Either I will find a way, or I will make one.

Like the air-invested heron, great persons should conduct themselves; and the higher they be, the less they should show.

Happiness is a sunbeam, which may pass though a thousand bosoms without losing a particle of its original ray.

If you neglect your work, you will dislike it; if you do it well, you will enjoy it

Cupid makes it his sport to pull the warrior's plum.

You cannot be with someone just because you don’t want to hurt him. You have your own happiness to think about.

I will not wear a tulle-tailed dunce cap for anyone or for any reason.

I wouldn't change a thing about what I've done in the past because what may have been bad choices have all led me to this moment.

In my experience, ghosts are made up only of the living, people you know are out there but are forever out of range

If the mind is dominated by hatred, the best part of the brain, which is used to judge right and wrong, does not function properly.

When I put out the records, when I make a distribution deal, those distributors tell me who they sell it to and how many copies. So I want nothing less.

I only tweet if I discover something that's fantastic, or if I heard something really great.

I think whatever I've done, I hope I've earned a footnote in India's long and tortuous history.

Sometimes, you just have to realize, I'm not doing stuff that is really mainstream stuff, and to try and put it out in a mainstream way is almost psychotic.

Don't talk about yourself so much...we'll do that when you leave.