Everything that's prose isn't verse and everything that isn't verse is prose. Now you see what it is to be a scholar!

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.

Saying his name stabbed my heart, like someone had ripped through my carefully stitched up world and exposed the infected, pulsing red tissue that I thought was healing.

I love music so much I love what I do. I work very hard at being the best musician I can be because I love it.

It [European Union] has kept the peace in Europe. Countries used to fight and now they talk. We should be attached to that.

Truth never turns to rebuke falsehood; her own straightforwardness is the severest correction.

To be honest with you, I'm more of a girl's girl. I'm much more comfortable being around other girls.

If no one hates it no one really loves it

Why is everybody so obsessed? Money can't buy us happiness

I get twitchy if I don't pick up a guitar or sit at the piano every now and then... I have to do it; I don't have a choice.

You can't prevent a possible future closeness between your upcoming child and one or more of their grandparents.

National governments are under paid, under staffed, and under talented.