For truth has such a face and such a mien, as to be loved needs only to be seen.

Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul.

Self-defense is Nature's eldest law.

…So when the last and dreadful hour This crumbling pageant shall devour, The trumpet shall be heard on high, The dead shall live, the living die, And Music shall untune the sky

He with a graceful pride, While his rider every hand survey'd, Sprung loose, and flew into an escapade; Not moving forward, yet with every bound Pressing, and seeming still to quit his ground.

When he spoke, what tender words he used! So softly, that like flakes of feathered snow, They melted as they fell.

Fool that I was, upon my eagle's wings I bore this wren, till I was tired with soaring, and now he mounts above me.

Dead men tell no tales.

Dancing is the poetry of the foot.

The sooner you treat your son as a man, the sooner he will be one.

Fortune befriends the bold.

Much of the outward business of kingship came naturally.

The separation of truth from reason is a dangerous game. I think ideas have to sink very deeply into a person's soul, into their being, before they can effect change.

When placing an emergency call, it is important to remember that a corrupt or incompetent cop may be on their way to you.

We shall not understand the history of men and other times unless we ourselves are alive to the requirements which that history satisfied.

I just want my music to be put out there, not shoved in peoples faces. I want to keep it relaxed.

To progress we must do the work as individuals, but then we must come together and work together.

To sit back hoping that someday, some way, someone will make things right is to go on feeding the crocodile, hoping he will eat you last - but eat you he will.

Bounty always receives part of its value from the manner in which it is bestowed.

You said in your book that at the end of the day, every politician is human. What about during the day?

Do you have the heart to push yourself? If you don't, find a way to get it because talent will only get you so far. You've got to be hungry. You've got to have heart. That's just reality.