Even if misfortune is only good for bringing a fool to his senses, it would still be just to deem it good for something.

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.

Failure is a fuel for excuses.

Unbidden guests Are often welcomest when they are gone.

Let go into His arms untill you find yourself obsessed with things devine

Basically, I still have the privacy that all celebrities crave, except for those celebrities who feel that privacy reflects some kind of failure on their part.

O weary hearts! O slumbering eyes! O drooping souls, whose destinies Are fraught with fear and pain, Ye shall be loved again.

The names of persons and living creatures demand respect, because when we speak to them we touch their heart and become a part of thier life force.

She should think about her own soul, what she was going to do with this funky tattered pond dank item. Dark and stained, a ruined thing.

False modesty is the refinement of vanity. It is a lie.

If you treat men the way they are you never improve them. If you treat them the way you want them to be, you do.

You can eat an elephant one bit at a time.