Contemplate the extent and stability of the heavens, and then at last cease to admire worthless things.

Nothing is miserable unless you think it so; and on the other hand, nothing brings happiness unless you are content with it.

Music is so naturally united with us that we cannot be free from it - even if we so desired.

If there is a God, whence proceed so many evils? If there is no God, whence cometh any good?

He who is virtuous is wise; and he who is wise is good; and he who is good is happy.

Who would give a law to lovers? Love is unto itself a higher law.

Inconsistency is my very essence; it is the game I never cease to play as I turn my wheel in its ever changing circle, filled with joy as I bring the top to the bottom and the bottom to the top

Nothing is miserable unless you think it so.

One's virtue is all that one truly has, because it is not imperiled by the vicissitudes of fortune.

In every kind of adversity, the bitterest part of a man's affliction is to remember that he once was happy.

He who has calmly reconciled his life to fate, and set proud death beneath his feet, can look fortune in the face, unbending both to good and bad; his countenance unconquered.

We should be disciplined and responsible and then our prosperity will be stable despite any economic crisis, inflation or a change of government

Mr. Burns comes out and flips cigar ashes on his shoes, and makes up about 90 percent of what you hear.

I've always considered myself a character actor. That's the way I was trained, really.

Once you discover that the world rewards reckless faith, no lesser world is worth contemplating.

Everything in science depends on what one calls an aperçu, on becoming aware of what is at the bottom of the phenomena. Such becoming aware is infinitely fertile.

Fame is a series of misunderstandin gs surrounding a name.

Defensively, I think it’s important for us to tackle.

The Kitsch consumer wants to be enchanted.

The way to stay inspired and motivated is by doing what you like, doing what you love.

The value of a business is the cash it's going to produce in the future.