Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.

Patience and time do more than strength or passion.

A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.

Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.

Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.

Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.

Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.

Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.

All the brains in the world are powerless against the sort of stupidity that is in fashion.

Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.

Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.

One of the best questions you can ask when something negative happens is this: What does this experience make possible?

A bolt that raised her heart to blazing heightAnd made the vertical the very thrust of hope, And found its path at last(Slow work of Grace).

Be fair. Play hard.

Kids are fat because of lack of parenting.

Education is the transmission of civilization.

Friends come and go but I wouldn't have thought you'd be one of them

I was a bit of a show-off in school and loved playing dress-up, and my passion for it just grew as I got older.

I love Madonna. She is the only woman I have asked to marry me. She refused, of course.

Although the power is lacking, the will is commendable.

It is wonderful to think how men of very large estates not only spend their yearly income, but are often actually in want of money. It is clear, they have not value for what they spend.