For in every ill-turn of fortune the most unhappy sort of unfortunate man is the one who has been happy

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.

Heureux sont ceux qui peuvent aimer et haïr sans feinte, sans détour, sans nuance.

I think I would be very sad if I wasn't able to have a baby.

Mankind has become so much one family that we cannot insure our own prosperity except by insuring that of everyone else.

If you don't pay attention to history, you're destined to repeat it.

Deride not what I say because of its simplicity. Truth is always simple.

I've tried to become a singer with the guitar and not let any technological licks run my life. Just write the licks and play them as best as I can as a part rather than ad libbing.

There is no safer place for your hopes and dreams than in the loving hands of your faithful Father.

Duty is whatever opposes inclination.

People would cheer throw confetti and then go about breaking the resolutions they had made only moments before.

Why were you feeling low? Why does anyone? It creeps up on you from time to time.