Give me Thy light, and fix my eyes on Thee!

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.

Everyone lives a self-centered life...whether its trivial like what's for breakfast, or more ambitious, like achieving some lofty goal, a person is constantly on her own mind.

A great artist can paint a great picture on a small canvas.

I became very critical of zoos and circuses and keeping animals in captivity. I wish it was against the law.

I'm concerned about how and why there is no gun control.

I am a very thorough person.

People praise us behind our backs, but we hear them not; few before our faces, and who is not suspicious of the truth of such praise?

I've never credited myself with a professional life. But, basically, it has been that.

I play every game like it's going to be my last.

My mother's greatest joy in life was to make people laugh.

My favorite thing is always wings. That is my guilty pleasure.