If you are a terror to many, then beware of many.

It often happens, that misery will follow a marriage when the dowry is too large.

Propaganda is the art of persuading others of what you don't believe yourself.

Earth produces nothing worse than an ungrateful man.

Let the blacksmith wear the chains he has himself made.

If lucky be not proud; if unlucky, do not despond.

Begin whatever you have to do: the beginning of a work stands for the whole.

He who does not know how to be silent will not know how to speak.

If fortune favors you do not be elated; if she frowns do not despond.

It is tormenting to fear what you cannot overcome.

Be not arrogant when fortune smiles, or dejected when she frowns.

The role of a writer is not to say what we can all say, but what we are unable to say.

A cold wind was blowing from the north, and it made the trees rustle like living things.

Family isnt about blood relationships, its about the meaning behind them. I relize now that sharing chromosoms is not the only way to having a family, its about the friendship behind it.

None but a fool worries about things he cannot influence.

Grain by grain, a loaf. Stone upon stone, a palace.

There are a lot of young artists that are dope.

I don't dress any particular way to impress anyone or market myself for my music. It's actually who I am.

People-to-people charity is more efficient, less costly, more human and compassionate, and more likely to inspire change and self-sufficiency in the beneficiary.

A prolonged future doesn't excite me. It would have to have a point.

I have fallen in love with American names, the sharp, gaunt names that never get fat.