Birth is nothing where virtue is not

It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do.

The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.

Love is a great master. It teaches us to be what we never were.

I assure you, an educated fool is more foolish than an uneducated one.

I want people to be sincere; a man of honor shouldn't speak a single word that doesn't come straight from his heart.

People spend most of their lives worrying about things that never happen.

I hate all men, the ones because they are mean and vicious, and the others for being complaisant with the vicious ones.

Great is the fortune of he who possesses a good bottle, a good book, and a good friend.

Folk whose own behavior is most ridiculous are always to the fore in slandering others.

A husband is a plaster that cures all the ills of girlhood.

Knowledge is knowing the depth of the ocean. Wisdom is knowing till where to swim.

I’d like to THANK whoever saw a bunch of cherries and thought....HEY!! If I dry out a bunch of those berry seeds, call them “BEANS”, smash them and add hot water, it will be AWESOME!

I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered at the White House - with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone.

Not to fear a person with power--to profess, instead, one's love--is to deny that that person has power.

In our plain defects we already know the brotherhood of man.

It is always possible to do a thing better the second time.

I've not taken like acting lessons or anything but it doesn't mean I don't need to because I'm sure I do.

I'm trying to think, don't confuse me with facts.

A vision and strategy aren't enough. The long-term key to success is execution. Each day. Every day.

I've been so fortunate because I never really had ups and downs as far as my career. Ninety-nine percent of the time, I've been sold out all over the world.